Yep, they don’t do well with frost. I chopped off all the branches that had flowers, and stuck them in water to form roots. Dug up two smaller plants and stuck them in pots.
Picked all the remaining green tomatoes to let ripen. There weren’t many. I covered up a few things with plastic, will try to finish the job by tomorrow night. It’s supposed to get to 27 degrees here.
I hate the cold, but the good news is that if we get that cold weather, I can plant the winter wheat.LOL
I just ordered something that saves my body outside and I don't know why I didn't think of it before. I accidentally found it - a folding device that makes a “padded kneeler” so I don't kill my knees when I have to bend, just use the bars on both sides of this thing to lower myself and use the bars to help me stand up again. Darn, so simple. And, one can quickly fold it to be a seat if I need to sit down.
I also can't get on my knees in the house, but this folding thingy will allow me to work at that level without killing my knees and allow me to stand up with the help of those bars. Walmart, $28.53. This thing is worth many times that for me to be able to get down and up. My knees are small and the right one has already had surgery to clean it out as I was on a cane with bad pain from that knee before the surgery.
I actually found this thing by putting knee pads in search to try to find something to help my knees when I had to be close to the floor - I had a problem with that with the grow lamp and seeds. I put a small stool in front of them and getting down on the stool and getting back up wasn't easy as there was nothing to hold on to. Wouldn't have been a problem with this new thingy.