The Year-Round Harvest

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August/September 1991
By Mike and Nancy Bubel 
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Pests: Close all spaces as tightly as you can to keep the mice out. This means screening all vent pipes and windows and making sure the door fits tightly.

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Storage: The debate is crates vs. half-bushel baskets. Half-bushel baskets are light in weight and easy to handle. Crates utilize space more efficiently and they can be stacked. You decide.

In our own experiments with storing live winter vegetables, we discovered a pleasure akin to the contentment of dressing by the warm fire on a cold morning-the pleasure of delving into one's own store for food to put on the winter table. As we shiver our way back to the warm kitchen with parsnips in our pockets, a handful of potatoes, and a bag of carrots, we feel very good because we've managed to grow it and to keep it. We wish each of you the same kind of satisfaction. Editor's note: Material in this article appears in Mike and Nancy Bubel's new edition of Root Cellaring: Natural Cold Storage of Fruits & Vegetables (Second Edition). The book is available from. Storey Communications, Inc., Schoolhouse Road Pownal VT 05261(802/823-5811), and contains detailed plans for all types of root cellars, plus a number of wonderful insights and tips.

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