Forwarded on behalf of the good people at the Green Space Partners in the Phillips neighborhood.
--- Corrie Zoll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: "Corrie Zoll" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Frost This Week? > Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 11:47:18 -0500 > > It looks like we might get some frost this week. Of > course, here we are > once again at the peak of the tomato season. > > > > Here are some suggestions for saving your > hard-earned tomato crop: > > > > 1. Pick all of the tomatoes off the vine. DONATE > YOUR GREEN > TOMATOES TO GreenSpace Partners for our October 17 > Green Tomato > Cook-Off. If you have a substantial quantity to > donate, I'll even come > pick them up. > > > > 2. Keep your green tomatoes and COMPETE IN THE > COOK-OFF. I've had > good luck storing tomatoes in boxes in my basement. > Separate layers of > tomatoes with layers of newspaper, burlap, or > something else breathable. > Check the tomatoes twice a week, composting anything > that's gone soft or > wrinkly. > > > > 3. Pull the vines right out of the ground by the > roots. Hang the > vines upside-down in your basement or in a garage > where they won't > freeze. I've used this method myself, and > successfully harvested ripe > red tomatoes on Thanksgiving Day. > > > > 4. Cover your vines in the garden to protect them > with frost. Just > about any sort of cover will work. Plastic, burlap, > painting drop > cloths, or old sheets or blankets. This will work > for a light frost, > but if the temperature is going to drop below about > 28 degree > Fahrenheit, please see #s 1-3 above. > > > > Our Green Tomato Cook-Off is scheduled for Thursday, > October 17 from > 6:30 - 8:30 pm at Pillsbury House, 35th & Chicago. > Confirmed > competitors include Rep Phyllis Kahn, CM Dean > Zimmermann, and Green > Institute ED Michael Krause. Surely you can compete > with that. And if > you see the Mayor, dare him to defend his title. It > was the Rybak > Campaign, although not R.T. himself, that won the > cook-off last year > with a wonderful green tomato cake. > > > > Contact me if you have any questions. > > Corrie Zoll > > Phillips > > > > Corrie Zoll, Program Director > > GreenSpace Partners > > A program of The Green Institute > > 2801 21st Avenue South, Suite 110 > > Minneapolis, MN 55407 > > Telephone 612-278-7119 > > Facsimile 612-278-7101 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > www.greeninstitute.org/GSP > > > > ===== "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." -- Margaret Mead __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
