Storing Vegetables
 

I was wondering how I could keep my Crops for Winter when I harvest them.

I've heard that storing your potatoes and carrots in a box layered with compost helps them keep for longer. I dont know if this is true though.

This year I will be harvesting a lot, but my main ones that I want to store are...

Potatoes, Carrots, Celery, Onion

Any Tips?

Re: Storing Vegetables
 

Hessian sacks are one of the best ways of storing root veg..

Re: Storing Vegetables
 

Have a butcher's at this:

http://www.gardenwiseonline.ca/gw/ho...-crops-storage

Si thee :Sprint:

Re: Storing Vegetables
 

My onions are already hanging upside down for their final drying before stringing them up for the winter.

Spuds I leave in dry compost until needed (must keep dry and dark).

Carrots I leave in the ground as long as possible (slugs notwithstanding), leeks too.

Celery doesn't store well AFAIK.

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May sound silly but won't freezing what you can be an option?

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Freezing destroys texture and flavour of a lot of veg. You can freeze cooked items well but even with a blast chiller stuff may end up as mush

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Hmm!

http://www.allotment.org.uk/allotmen...reparation.php

http://www.pickyourownfarms.org.uk/p...d_bottling.php

http://www.readersdigest.co.nz/bottling-vegetables

:)

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Potatoes are good in a dry box with hay and covered so no light can get to them.
If light gets to them they will start to sprout which is not good.

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About the freezing - I made this mistake last year and chopped up my carrots, however, they kept for a few weeks before i noticed the flavour changed, so i'm not doing this again.

thanks for all the advice, ill be sure to take it on board for this years harvest.

:)

Re: Storing Vegetables
 

Not veggies on your list, but

Runner Beans freeze quite well. I freeze them individually on trays then transfer to plastic bags.

Marrows, grab a pair of your wife's/gf's tights and stuff the marrows in there, knot, stuff in next marrow etc. Hang from wooden beam in your shed. Stops them from bruising.

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And don't forget you can make wine from ANY fruit or vegetable.Potato wine has a hell of a kick.

Mind I've never heard of onion wine but there is pickles to consider or even chutney.Roast onion chutney :drool:

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Our excess tomatoes, onions, gherkins and some fruit always go into a nice spicy chutney..

The soft fruit gets jammed but most hard veg will keep... still got some pumpkins and squash from last year..