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Gormy Cuss

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2. Sounds like he knew about root cellars -- those spud and carrot boxes were just miniature versions.

Reply to luckyleftyme2 (Reply #1)

Sat Dec 10, 2011, 11:02 AM

Dec 2011

Our house had a dirt floor in the cellar too. I still call those "cellars" and the ones with cement "basements."

I never heard of the hanging tomato plants trick. My family used to pick them green the day before the first frost was expected, wrapped each in newspaper and boxed them in the cellar. About once a week my mother would go through the box looking for ripened ones and ones that were rotting. Hanging them would have been so much easier.

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Natural Foodie: Indoor markets keep local food handy all year [View all] Gormy Cuss Dec 2011 OP

keeping tomatoes luckyleftyme2 Dec 2011 #1

Sounds like he knew about root cellars -- those spud and carrot boxes were just miniature versions. Gormy Cuss Dec 2011 #2

My Dad used to hang tomatoes and we had a cold cellar - off the basement jpak Dec 2011 #3

yes I made it luckyleftyme2 Dec 2011 #4