Vegetables To Store
VEGETABLE |
METHOD |
TLbn |
NOTES |
| Artichoke, Jerusalem |
in situ | |
Plant tubers, dig to eat after tops brown, leave some for next year's crop. |
| Asparagus | Freeze | 6 months | Well-drained perennial site, harvest very young, blanch briefly. |
| Beans (green) | Freeze or salt | 6-12 months | Snap or scarlet runner. Pick young, (green) salt, blanch briefly or salt. |
| Beans | Dry | 6-12 months | Leave pods on vine long as possible, then hang to complete drying. Store airtight. |
| Beets | Clarnp | 3-4 months | Twist off leaves (don't cut), put large beets at bottom to store longer. |
| Broccoli | Freeze | 3 months | Blanch thick stems well, steaming tops. |
| Brussels sprouts | in situ or freeze | 2-3 months 6-12 months |
Winter crop, freeze surplus when sprouts are small and tight. |
| Cabbage, red | Pickle Freeze |
4-5 months 12 months |
Winter crop, pickle for variety. Freeze cooked for convenience, long store. |
| Cabbage, green | Sauerkraut | 12 months | Whtre Dutch or similar, ferment in green traditional manner. |
| Cabbage, Savoy | in situ | 2-3 months | Winter crop, stands until cropped or Savoy spring, whichever comes first. |
| Cabbage,winter/red | Hang cool,dry | 2-3 months | Hang firm early-winter cabbages in dry nets, after removing outer leaves. |
| Carrots | Clamp | |
Maincrop/late varieties. |
| Garlic | Hang dry | 4-6 months | Plant cloves earlier than onion sets in dry, sunny spot. |
| Herbs | Dried | 4-6 months | Pick early but dry, hang in shade or oven-dry, crumble into boxes when dry. |
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Freeze | 4-6 months | Flash freeze, crumble and wrap tightly in small packs. |
| Leeks | in situ | 3-4 months | Long-tent planting in deeply cultivated soil. Pull when required, to late winter. |
| Maize | Freeze | 6-12 months | Plant solid square for good pollination. Blanch (and cool) well for good storage. |
| Mushrooms | Extract Dry |
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Salt-extracted "essence" for sauces. Slow-dry in oven or sun. Store sealed. |
| Onions | Hang dry | 4-6 months | Ripen well, with roots loosened, before lifting. Beware neck rot. |
| Parsnips | Freeze young | 6-12 months | Deep, well-cultivated soil not young recently fertilized. Lift young for freezing. |
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Clamp rest | |
Older roots best frosted before use. |
| Peas | Freeze | 12+ months | Any variety, blanch briefly after shelling. Sugarsnap, unblanched but shorter storage. |
| Potatoes | Store dark | 3-4 months | Maincrop or late. Best stored in paper sacks. Discard any green tubers. |
| Rutabagas | Store dark | 3 months | Maincrop. |
| Sunflower | Dry seed | 6-9 months | Collect ripe seed, store dry or roasted. |
| Turnips | Store dark | 3-4 months | Maincrop. |
| " " | Freeze | 9-12 months | Young tender roots, part-cooked. |
| Winter squash | Hang, dry | 2-4 months | Late variety. Becomes dry during long /squash dry storage. |
