Topic: Tomato leaves-stained hands

[Doris_Pinks]

Aqui I buy jumbo boxes of plastic surgeon type gloves from "trading for you", only trouble is at this time of year, they do make your hands sweat!

[Spurdie]

AQUILEGIA! WAKE UP!  ;D Have just been reading through a pile of old copies of "Garden News" (casts offs from relatives!) and Top Tipster Nan Greenshields says:
"To remove the stubborn stains from your hands after working with tomato plants, cut a GREEN tomato and rub it on your hands before you wash. When you wash your hands, the stains will just vanish."
Now you know!

[Mrs Ava]

That has reminded me of another possible old wives tale Spurdie.  When you get sunburnt, rub the flesh of a ripe tomato over the affected areas and it will sooth the pain.  The only memory I have of my next door neighbour when I was a ickly bitty girl it seeing him strutting around his back garden, red raw, and covered in tomato pips!  :D  Wonder if it worked?

[Spurdie]

Never heard of rubbing a tomato on sunburn!!!  ;D Maybe someone told him that for a laugh!!! I always was told to put yoghurt on sunburn. Either way the wasps will start landing on you, but at least it will take your mind off the sunburn!
Got a cracker of a tip (more like a lifesaver up here!) from a neighbour re midge bites - put on vinegar. You might smell like a chip, but at least it stops the itching!  :P (this tip really DOES work!)