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How long can you store fresh vegetables?

9 years ago

So the garden harvest season is on... Eating lots of fresh veggies and thinking I really like fresh veggies so much better than frozen, canned or dehydrated. Picked beans for supper and ended up eating them raw. So I'm wondering which veggies can be stored for how long. More a thought experiment than a plan.

Carrots - 6 months or so in the fridge. They can be left in the ground - but I don't really dig them out from the snow and frozen ground.

Cabbage - a few months

Squash - 4-6 months in the coolest part of my kitchen

Tomatoes - typically in Maine a lot of green tomatoes are ripened inside in paper bags or boxes after the first frost. I think I used my last one last year in December but that is unusual.

Kale - gets very sweet once it's cold. Can be harvested right in the snow. Bambi usually gets it before me. I have picked some and packed in snow on my unheated porch. That worked for awhile.

Onions, potatoes and garlic......

Ideas?

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9 years ago
I don't think I've stored anything as long as you have listed.
Jasdip
9 years ago
I love cabbage, and it keeps for ages in the frig. I just cut a sliver off the darkened side that is cut and keep on using it. It's great value.

I buy carrots by the bag, and a 5 lb bag fits in one of those large plastic hinged containers that baby spinach, mescluen (sp) mix, etc comes in. I put a paper towel over the carrots and snap the lid shut. It keeps in the frig for quite a few weeks.

I always keep my onions in the crisper.
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laceyvail 6A, WV
9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
I store my onions in the barn. They freeze solid but they stay good until spring. I just bring them in as I need them and let them defrost. They're not mushy at all.
dcarch7 d c f l a s h 7 @ y a h o o . c o m
9 years ago
I have been thinking of using nitrogen to retard fruits and vegetable spoilage, just haven't had the time to play with the idea.

Actually, not nitrogen, just the removal of oxygen. 78% of the air is nitrogen.

That's what they do commercially.

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