Keep harvests for longer
Amateur Gardening|August 15, 2020
Clever bagging and boxing can help you hang on to your harvests for months, as Bob explains his best-kept secrets
Bob Flowerdew
Keep harvests for longer

AS you grow more of your own, there comes a point when you have too much to keep in the kitchen, and you need a store of some sort. This needs to be cool and dark. A shady shed is good, a proper cellar better – but an unheated room in the house or a cool garage will do (just beware of smelly oils or paints, as these may taint).

Many crops will keep for weeks just resting somewhere like that – and much longer if they are given more preparation. Simply packing in plastic bags (perforated to allow a little airflow) stops apples, cabbages or carrots from withering away rapidly.

Root vegetables can be packed in bags of ever-so-slightly damp compost or sand. An old chest of drawers can be useful to hold these bags and adds another layer of insulation. A set of shelves may be handier for tomatoes, peppers, squashes, pears and so on, though, as these need inspecting almost daily for any ripening.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة August 15, 2020 من Amateur Gardening.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة August 15, 2020 من Amateur Gardening.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.