Tomato Dirt Newsletter
Volume 12, Number 15

Dear Tomato Dirt reader,

Welcome back to Tomato Dirt! A couple times a month, we’ll send you this newsletter packed with tips about growing tomatoes and using them.

What kind of food canner or dehydrator should you use?

Canners and dehydrators let you store and use tomatoes all year long.

Plus, they make great gifts. Check out handy kitchen gear like scales, drying racks, pickling crocks, tomato presses, kitchen snips … even cheese making kits and other DIY kits from our good friends at Garden Supply.

They’ve also got plenty of tutorials you can use to DIY dried flowers … storing apples … making pepper jelly or tomato chutney or your own Bloody Mary mix.

Browse the dozens of different kitchen and gardening gadgets offered to Tomato Dirt readers from our friends at Gardener’s Supply. Have fun!

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FEATURE: Should You Refrigerate Tomatoes – and If So, When?

One on side are those who say never. They’re horrified at the thought of a chilled tomatoes.

And on the other side of the issue are fruit flies, bruising, or fruit that’s ready to spoil.

The icebox beckons. You want to preserve as much of your crop as possible, right?

The conflict’s quick answer is this: keep fresh tomatoes on your counter so long as you plan to use them in a day or two.

Longer than that? Plan to store tomatoes in the fridge.

Here’s why… (Keep reading)

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