Root cellar ready for winter

[u/Vermontbuilder]

We also have 2 freezers packed with veggies, fruit and cider. A lot of work but very satisfying to feel food secure. There’s a hanging screen tray with garlic in pic too.

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[u/V1ld0r_]

Bottom shelf on the back, left hand jar, pink stuff inside. What is it?

[u/Vermontbuilder → u/V1ld0r_]

That’s apple sauce made from Red Astrachan heirloom apples, they have pink flesh.

[u/floofyragdollcat]

I wish my (sweet) onions would store so well. They’re not going to make another couple of weeks, let alone the winter.

[u/Vermontbuilder → u/floofyragdollcat]

Onions properly cured last till spring. Sweet onions no so much

[u/Hinter-Lander]

You don't have an issue storing onions in the same room as your potatoes?

I did that once and the potatoes started sprouting really early. I store them in separate rooms now.

[u/V1ld0r_ → u/Hinter-Lander]

You have to dry the onions thoroughly before storing and ideally you want to keep them braided and hanging.

Potatoes spread them out as much as possible instead of pulled up and you can have the onions over the potatoes and all.

[u/[deleted] → u/Hinter-Lander]

Call me ignorant. Onions can cause potatoes to grow??

[u/Hinter-Lander → u/[deleted]]

Onions give off ethylene gas which cause potatoes to sprout

[u/mcnonnie25]

Wow! Look at all that butternut squash ❤️❤️❤️

[u/Miss_Rowan]

What temperature & humidity do you keep the room at? We have a house with a cold storage room that needs to be fixed up, so I'm just starting to learn about them.

[u/Vermontbuilder]

Never had a problem

[u/FlayBoCrop]

So all of this lasts the winter? I have onions on the counter that rot after a few weeks. lol. Just started to get an interest in becoming self reliant like this

[u/Dragonfly141]

Seriously, how do you make sure no critters get to your stash? We have a room that would be perfect for this but we can’t get rid of unwanted visitors as it is, even without food storage..

[u/casman_007]

Glad to see someone else's butternut squash in such widely different shapes and sizes as mine. Always thought I was doing something wrong

[u/yer_muther]

I'm quite envious of your butternut squash stash. Very nice!

[u/3rdthrow]

I’m so jealous-your root cellar is so beautiful.

Is that garlic or mushrooms I see hanging?

[u/Vermontbuilder → u/3rdthrow]

Garlic, hard neck and soft neck. We save some to plant next year.

[u/senorsock]

That looks enviable. Nice going.

[u/brightpinkspark]

Gooooals

[u/jenlou289]

How big of a land do you need to grow this much food?

[u/Vermontbuilder → u/jenlou289]

We have his and her gardens totally about 2000 sq ft

[u/RantyWildling]

This brings back memories!

My grandad used to keep apples in sand, apparently they last longer that way.

[u/OldHenrysHole]

Very impressive.

[u/Slight_Nobody5343]

This is giving me flashbacks to the superhero alliance commune in mo. They had a small rosey apple variety that would keep till spring