Question: I have a lot of green tomatoes still on my vines. Is there a special way to save and ripen those inside before frost ruins them? Answer: There are 3 main methods for saving green tomatoes ...

Q: I live near the lake and have not had a frost yet. There are still green tomatoes in my garden. How can I get them to ripen? A: As fall temperatures finally arrive, sometimes we look out in our ...

Q: I harvested the remaining green tomatoes from my garden. What is the best way to ripen them? Answer: Green tomatoes with shiny skin will continue to ripen, and with the proper storage conditions ...

Farming is a gamble, something even backyard vegetable gardeners know all too well. This year, some of us beat the typical first frost (32 degrees or below). At the recording station at the Yakima Air ...

Do you have lots of green tomatoes on your vines? Are you afraid you won’t get to see them ripen or get to use them before it turns cold? It is likely that we will soon have a killing freeze in our ...

It can be hard to judge exactly when to pull tomatoes out of the garden in fall, especially if your plants still have a few green tomatoes left on the vine. However, disposing of old tomato plants ...

When I first started growing tomatoes, I believed that leaving the fruit on the vine until it was perfectly ripe was key to the best flavor. I have since learned that not only is this untrue, but it ...

The summer is nearly over, and I still haven’t picked any of the large tomatoes that I painstakingly started indoors and nurtured in the early spring. Meanwhile, the “wild” cherry tomatoes that reseed ...