storing fruit and veg

mardatha

LOL well its certainly cold enough outside to keep anything fresh ...snowing again like mad and the car is under 15 inches of the stuff . As for anything in the back garden, forget it till the snow melts cos its over my knees:) The poor wee cat isnt liking this at all !

Bitsy_Beans

I can only comment on the fact that stuff that's been washed and cleaned never lasts as long as the dirty stuff on it eg dirty carrots and spuds seem to stay fresher for longer. So if you can buy a bag of spuds that are dirty then they will last much longer than shop bought ones.

Sublime_2

If I have room, in my fridge (rarely), I keep potatoes in there. If not I store in one of my kitchen cupboards. If bought from the farm shop and muddy as per Bitsy Beans, they will keep for ages, but if they are supermarket prepacked, I make a hole in the bag. It seems to help.

Olliebeak

socks_uk wrote: »

.....We also use a plastic storage shed/box (about 3ft tall) to keep bottles of lemonade, cola, water and even beer in it but our garden is relatively secure. It's as cold as in the fridge, sometimes colder! We also use the car again for bottles but only when we aren't using using it too much due to the weight.

What a brilliant way of using up those original recycling boxes that councils left us with when they introduced the new Recycling Wheelie Bins - thanks for that one :T!

I keep veggies in the drawer in the fridge IF there's space - though the past couple of weeks these have been filled with fruit (instead of it all being in the fruit bowl).

I keep potatoes in one of those 'cotton/non-woven fabric eco-friendly shopping bags' in the bottom of the corner kitchen cupboard - at the moment there are also carrots and onions in cotton shopping bags in the cupboard too.

westcoastscot

Hi I have the same problem, and find that storing root veggies and potatos in the shed in brown bags works really well, just make sure and roll down the top so they don't suffer in the light. I got brown bags from Marshalls, i think, the seed people and reuse them. I live a long way from any supermarkets apart from a really wee co-op (think baskets not trollies) and although our butcher/greengrocers are really good they are limited in what they have. I manage month to month this way, supplemented with what i've been able to grow - usually green veg/salad type crops
WCS

lilac_lady

Originally Posted by socks_uk
.....We also use a plastic storage shed/box (about 3ft tall) to keep bottles of lemonade, cola, water and even beer in it but our garden is relatively secure. It's as cold as in the fridge, sometimes

That's a great idea. Anyone have suggestions as to what else (foodwise)could be stored there?

Penelope_Penguin

We keep root veg in a cool shed. A lot of veg can be frozen, too.

As this has fallen from the front page of OS, I'll add it to the exisitng thread to give you more ideas.

Penny. x

charlysez

i use these stayfresh bags too, although mine are a different make, they were from ebay. they are fantastic, i eat alot of spinach and usually it wilts within 24hrs, in these bags it can last a week......... the veg can be put in the bags and no need for a fridge, what about a plastic container by the back door?

danni121

I am starting to meal plan and would love to just be able to do a big shop once a wk. I'm going to start getting veg from market, will it last the week?
Thanks in advance x

rachbc

somethings will, other won't - spuds, onions, carrots etc should easily last a week, toms, salad, soft fruits less long - so try to plan with those things being used first