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[mafeki]

Allrecipes is a terrific site, I love to use it and make the recipes on that site, the members are great also. I'm planning on making a Rhubarb Pie, so I just search for it and get to this recipes, I go for the one that has the most reviews highest rating: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/fresh-rhubarb-pie/

It gets you to a video to follow the recipe exactly, the recipe of course, and the reviews which are amazingly helpful. I'm confident making whatever I want when I read a recipe off that site and haven't been disappointed when I expect it to taste and come out really good.

I love that site.

[Grandma Lynn]

Good for you!
At my age, I have made photo scrapebooks
of so many of the recipes I have....all under
titles of what kind they are....
They didn't have any sites to refer to, and
you are lucky to have them. I'd have to call
my mom, or with meats (I was young) I would
ask the butcher. He would write down directions
on the meat pkg....
I have a good recipe for rhubarb pie that you
probably can find. Eggs make the best filling.....
Gosh, I'm craving it now...no rhubarb...

[mafeki]

Yeah rhubarb can be pretty hard to come by unfortunately, I know a guy who grows it.

[Grandma Lynn]

Rhubarb is easy to grow and think I'll
plant some next year, after not having
any plants for years. Of course it helps
to have a place to garden!

[beenthereanddonethat]

A first! We harvested the last of our tomatos on Thanksgiving! Wow! It took a little doing but what a wonderful growing year!

[Grandma Lynn]

We just got a bag full from a friend.
Nice red ripe ones. Tomatoes are
so good.
What else did you plant? I had
Ramano beans, squash and some
beets....and figs ! Too many actually.

[mafeki]

I'm surprised they lasted so long, the ones I had growing died because of the cold weather. They were cherry tomatoes though, didn't grow anything else.

[Grandma Lynn]

Wasn't going to tell anyone, but I
had a nice tomato plant that was
about 2 ft. high, growing in my
compost bin. I transferred it to
a big pot and it straighten out and
was doing good. Blossoms and all.
Next thing I saw was it was dying.
It did good for weeks.
And I took care of it....so much for
MY tomato plant!

[Auburn_guy]

If you pull the plants out of the ground in the fall you can hang them upside down in a cool place, like the garage. The fruit will continue to ripen on the vine. Make sure you put something soft under them though! My Dad taught me this trick. We enjoyed vine ripened tomatoes late in the year. Also, I find some good stuff on foodnetwork.com. Good recipes from their shows.

[Grandma Lynn]

A friend gave me some huge green tomatoes
to wrap in tissue or paper and put in a box in
the garage. Check them frequently and you
know what? They are ripening nicely.
It's easier than hanging them up, and at my
age, anything that is easier, I will try!
Had one of them so far.