The Hardest Part About Gardening
- warminmn
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Keeping them dry and not freezing spuds will keep a long time. I remember i had some in my basement in good condition into April and then I leaked a few gallons of water on the other side of my basement. They started growing within days of that leak, just from moisture in the air as I had no way to rid the room of the dampness. Vented boxes work good for me.
- keegs
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I've been considering options for keeping harvested vegetables and choosing what to grow based on this. I can't justify the cost of running a stand alone freezer. I do can tomatoes and berries and I blanch and freeze green vegetables. I have a fair amount of shelf space in an attached garage for winter storage. Growing up we always kept a veg garden but we were 6 and most of what we grew was consumed as we harvested.