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luckyleftyme2

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4. yes I made it

Reply to Gormy Cuss (Reply #2)

Sun Dec 11, 2011, 05:59 PM

Dec 2011

we had friends that lived on farms near to us that had root cellars! we keep our carrots in a spare fridge down stairs now and they last a couple months! wrapping tomatoes in paper (brown) an keeping in dark will keep 6 weeks or so!
hope you have good luck with this new format!

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Natural Foodie: Indoor markets keep local food handy all year [View all] Gormy Cuss Dec 2011 OP

keeping tomatoes luckyleftyme2 Dec 2011 #1

Sounds like he knew about root cellars -- those spud and carrot boxes were just miniature versions. Gormy Cuss Dec 2011 #2

My Dad used to hang tomatoes and we had a cold cellar - off the basement jpak Dec 2011 #3

yes I made it luckyleftyme2 Dec 2011 #4