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While living in the Dakotas we tried the sand/root cellar thing. Before long everything smelled like and tasted like dirty sand! Maybe...

This is incredible @Alasgun, you've literally perfected the art of home storage for carrots. This is an enormous help!! I'm glad to...

Here’s the whole ball of wax. 1x4 with grinder sharpened construction screws on 1/2 inch spacing; protruding 1/4 inch. A thin piece of...

Wow, thank you so much for this info @Alasgun. I had no idea that perforated bags were important, I definitely did not do that with my...

Well, 2 more new species on the horizon for 2026. Though I'm not actually much of a melon person, I decided to grow one this summer. I...

Im sure folks are successful using a number of methods. Our commercial carrot producers tell me 32 degrees, 95 % humidity and some air...

It's definitely something I'm thinking of considering @Decoy1. It is definitely coolest directly on the cement floor, and the basement...

I don’t know how cold your basement is but I keep carrots quite successfully in an outhouse in slightly damp sand. I guess an outhouse...

I made a very intriguing discovery with the 2025 grown carrots this weekend. I decided long ago that I'd never have the conditions to...

The adventures in long keeper tomatoes of 2025 has finally come to an end. Well, almost. I squeezed the 'Giallo a Grappoli' today and...

We have snow today, outside is white world again :P But I start cleaning greenhouse. The mini greenhouse inside greenhouse is ready now...

They will be, I think, since we all spend a LOT of time opening up our refridgerators--hard to miss them there. BTW, the clear plastic...

They all look happy now!

"Red sky in morning sailors take warning" . Here it used to be. "Red sky at night, shepherd's delight Red sky in morning, shepherd's...

I am so sorry that your beloved has gone. Grief runs deep and I totally understand the family need for privacy. My heart goes out to you...