Hi! Manfred, My storage experience goes back to childhood in the Adelaide Hills, which is snow free, but with many frosts.
The old folk stored root crops in cellars and dark sheds. They used old bath tubs and large wooden boxes. They put down layers dry quartz sand from the bed of a river and layers of the root veg. The veg were washed gently and the tops cut back to a couple of inches long. Care was taken to harvest at the peak of condition and store only sound veg. Any damaged veg was used for other uses. They also stored turnips for cow feed. They also made huge amounts of pickles, jams and preserves. Gil manfred wrote: > Folks, > ...planning how much to sow if i can store outside next season. > Does anyone have experience or anecdotal info from oldtimers re the outdoor > fall/winter/spring storage of Swede turnips, carrots, beets?
