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Anyone know what to do with 20 lbs of green tomatoes? I guess we can still broil them and turn them into green salsa. We're supposed to get a freeze overnight soon, and so furiously picked the unripe fruit. But now I'm looking at this pile thinking, this is nuts.

ai6yr ,
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@briankrebs Great move! You have many choices:

  1. (my favorite): put them all in a paper bag, and they will ripen over the next few months! FRESH TOMATOES in winter!

  2. Fried green tomatoes... batter with flour and egg, fry.

  3. Pickled tomatoes. Okay, but not my favorite.

Diyarbakir, Turkey Tomatoes are salted and left under the sun from early morning under scorching temperatures until sunset to ensure natural drying

Diyarbakir, #TurkeyTomatoes are salted and left under the sun from early morning under scorching temperatures until sunset to ensure natural dryingPhotograph: Mustafa Kilic/Anadolu/Getty Images @photography #photography #women #tomatoes

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social avatar thejapantimes , to random

Natural interbreeding between wild tomatoes and potato-like plants in South America gave rise to the modern day spud around 9 million years ago, according to a new study published in the journal Cell. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/01/world/science-health/potato-tomato-heritage-study/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

@faab64@freefree.ps avatar faab64 , to random

Found 2 20L oil containers in our recycling room and brought them home.
They are perfect to make 2 simple units using 12L units I bought many years ago.

Used a from the street and a few screws and now looking for my solar panels, 12V water pumps and some tubes to put it on the balcony to grow 4x tiny Tim and maybe some .

@plants

20L oil bucket, wood box using pieces of a pallet and a 12L hydroponic container.
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faab64 OP ,
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Found the 12V pump that can be used for these units. I'm hoping that it can lift the water high enough for the containers.

Can't find my solar panels (packed) and ordered a DC/DC converter to use it with the large 190W panels (36V output)

12V 5.5W water pumps for my little hydroponic units.

@JohnSullivan@mastodonapp.uk avatar JohnSullivan , to random

Soil prep set up getting gardening projects underway with freshly mixed soil in terracotta pots for Tomatoes.




Photo of garage with two wheelbarrows and lots of terracotta pots filled with soil for tomato plants.
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    sinabhfuil ,
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    @paninid @gerrymcgovern Ah, here we are - Borders Distillery group including Harpertoun Farm - barley, a local heating system, tomatoes and whisky - I'd love to see Irish distilleries doing the same https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-scottish-farmer/20240113/282316799881413
    @CountryLiving

    @david_megginson@mstdn.ca avatar david_megginson , to random

    Shared by my mom (source unknown).

    A bar graph. Title: What gives people feelings of power 1st label "Money": short green bar 2nd label "Status": slightly longer blue bar 3rd label "Growing a tomato": very long red bar
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    @CelloMomOnCars@mastodon.social avatar CelloMomOnCars , to random

    , 2023 edition

    "The lost more than 90% of this year’s crop after a February heat wave followed by two late-spring frosts.

    and agricultural groups said they can’t remember a more devastated crop.

    Peach prices climb"


    https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/15/business/georgia-peach-shortage/index.html

    CelloMomOnCars OP ,
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    "The significant increase in prices in , surpassing 400 per cent, can be linked to crop failure induced by extremely high temperatures and heavy .

    -related events are a significant contributing factor to the present scarcity of ."


    https://www.wionews.com/trending/has-it-shaken-your-kitchen-too-making-sense-of-indias-climate-driven-tomato-crisis-615243