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FieldsofThyme
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laurentany
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Laurie
Patchogue
NY
USA
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 Posted - Jul 29 2012 : 7:28:45 PM
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Years ago my grandfather had amazing gardens. He actually made his own winter storage for things like carrots and turnips so perhaps this idea would work for potatoes too??? Not sure.
Anyhoo- here is what he did-
He took and old non working refrigerator or box freezer and he would bury them in the ground. He would then place his root vegetables in there all winter long and just go out and open the door when he wanted some. Of course this was back in the day, and if you have small children around its not the safest idea, as you dont want someone hoping in and getting stuck, but what if you took an old cooler or ice chest and buried that and put the potatoes in there? Kind of like what my grandpa did but on a smaller scale, and if you found a few old coolers you could store a fair amount and not have to really worry about anyone "hoping" in.
This may sound crazy, but as I said my grandfather did this years ago and had great success with it.
Good Luck!
Hugs,
~Laurie
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rosarita78
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Reina
Drought ridden High Plains
New Mexico
USA
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Posted - Jul 30 2012 : 10:11:52 AM
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I have kept potatoes for two years. The trick is you need to keep them cool and dark. The way I did it is in my pantry on the floor I put down newspaper then I spread out potatoes and made sure they were not touching. Then I put more newspaper on top, in between the potatoes already put down I put more potatoes (be sure they don't touch) and kept this up until all the potatoes were in the pantry.
You can also bury them back in the ground with this newspaper thing. Make sure and go below the freeze line.
Enjoy your bounty of potatoes!
Reina
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FieldsofThyme
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Bellepepper
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Belle
Coffeyville
KS
USA
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Posted - Jul 31 2012 : 09:40:34 AM
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I had excellent results last year when I canned some of my potatoes. So many ways to fix them. I dehydrated some of this years crop. So far I have only used them in soup. I plan to try to use them in scoloped(sp?) potatoes with cheese sauce.
The rest of my this years crop is in the celler. They are just in paper sacks. It is dark and cool down there. Didn't get a lot so will use them up before they go bad.
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FieldsofThyme
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ptroupe
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Portia
Johnson City
NY
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Posted - Aug 01 2012 : 3:51:11 PM
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I do not know if this would work for potatoes, but I use clean pantyhose for storing onions. Cut off panty part--use only the legs. Put in one onion and tie a knot; then put in another and tie, and on and on until you have finished the leg of the stocking. I use new knee-hi's from the dollar store. Hang these "bags" in a cool, dark place. Hope this helps.
Portia
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