Rand Paul for president of USA and Pierre Pollivier for Canada
@matmos9293
7 жыл бұрын
A tip, put the carrots in a cotton bag and bury them in the ground during winter, about 30 cm deep, and take a few out as you need them they should last well into early spring. Mark the spot for snow. Thank you for sharing your ideas.
@thinkingmachine354
4 жыл бұрын
Wow, I was expecting some funny routine and adding things to them but... But this is just leave them in a box, basically. How great is that!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
4 жыл бұрын
Many things are easier than usually presented, once you understand :)
@ThatLazyStray
4 жыл бұрын
It's intriguing how long some vegetables and fruit can actually last. I'm so used to everything growing fuzz within a week of buying it from the supermarket.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
4 жыл бұрын
Quality! And maybe the microbes too.
@teresan4625
7 жыл бұрын
I love your channel and the way you teach. Excellent teacher! Watching your garden makes me feel relaxed. I'm from the north of Spain, Galicia, and we have different varieties of turnips but we mainly eat the leaves and save the rest for the animals. Strong plants for the winter.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
7 жыл бұрын
Nice of you to say Teresa, thankyou. And that is interesting about eating the turnip leaves, we tend to eat kale and cabbage, partly it's habit and custom as I know how tasty the turnip leaves are.
@cz7rg8
6 жыл бұрын
Beautiful living vegetables are the best kind--healthy food!
@oscarparedes5308
7 жыл бұрын
It seems than when fruit and vegetables are grown in a proper organic method they last and last; contrarily with the new agricultural industria/chemical products (GMO). I'm still reading your book "Organic Vegetables", awesome piece of literature, I can't wait to put in action your methods. Great video! Cheers!!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks Oscar and yes, organic veg like these are easier to store, more dense and less water. May your garden prosper.
@Thee-_-Outlier
2 жыл бұрын
That's not even close to true. First off it's not even the same plants when comparing variants grown commercially with salt ferts and gmo seed than those grown organically. In other words allot more than the method is different when comparing organic produce and commercial grocery store sources produce.
@CubasAutomotive
7 жыл бұрын
Fabulous tips! Greatly appreciated!
@metamud8686
6 жыл бұрын
"No frills, no fuss, yum!" :-D
@kamilfrancoolczak
4 жыл бұрын
Init to winit
@Gigi-fv9ky
6 жыл бұрын
There is something so satisfying, even just viewing on YT, seeing all those lovely veg and fruit stored away and ready to use in the winter. The deep orange squash is a beauty.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks Gayle and the Uchiki Kurd squash would grow well in your maritime climate
@Gigi-fv9ky
6 жыл бұрын
Charles Dowding Thank you! I will give it a try.
@mandyonline17
4 жыл бұрын
Thankyou so much for all your encouraging films
@RoyalTron999
5 жыл бұрын
I always go to Charles’ YT page for information on everything! Even in Arizona he has sparked my inspiration and thanks to you my first ever garden is doing very well! Thank you, Charles
@CharlesDowding1nodig
5 жыл бұрын
Lovely quote thanks royaltron, I am delighted to be helping in such a different climate - or I should say, the soil life is helping you so well!
@christianbahamondes6720
4 жыл бұрын
Hi Charles, I just wanted to said thanks for all your knowledge given and also for the fantastic passion way of teaching. I have watch most of all your videos that I have save on my messenger, specially to put it on practise on our new adventure very soon in our little country house in Chile, so keep safe and warm this lovely UK winter. Regards
@CharlesDowding1nodig
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Christian, and I wish you happiness in your new life
@TheRozza87
7 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad I found Dowdings methods before I started my allotment. It worked great last season and now once again he has pulled it out the bag with information I haven't heard anywhere, else that will save me time and effort on storing. Thanks again Charles. Everyone at my allotment think in nuts and lazy but I think they are slowly coming around
@CharlesDowding1nodig
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks Roscoe, I am hearing many similar stories. It's not easy for people to change the habits of a lifetime. Your example is clearly helping.
@tgolobic94
5 жыл бұрын
I needed to see this. Thank you.
@rdkitchengarden4359
7 жыл бұрын
This was fantastic. I did not know that store veg and fruit over winter was so simple. Have a marvelous day
@angelahenkel7064
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I'm so glad to have found your channel! You break it down so simple to understand!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
7 жыл бұрын
Your comment heartens me, thank you
@bsilcott
7 жыл бұрын
"No frills, no fuss. Yum"! Thanks for the tips Charles, I am stoked for the approaching growing season, here in US zone 6b 37 North, as I install six raised beds using your No Dig method based on your books "How to Create a New Vegetable Garden: Producing a Beautiful and a Fruitful Garden from Scratch" and the classic, "Organic Gardening: The Natural No-Dig Way".
@CharlesDowding1nodig
7 жыл бұрын
Brian, thanks for your feedback. Here I am amazed that you are only 37 N (= S. Spain in Europe) yet zone 6b! Best of luck with the new beds.
@irunamuk
7 жыл бұрын
Charles Dowding Do you mind if I ask what zone you are? Just so I can see how closely I can follow what you do throughout the year. I am zone 6 in Pennsylvania, USA.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
7 жыл бұрын
I am in zone 8, and with mild winters so perhaps 8/9. Check my website updates for ideas on sowing, planting, picking www.charlesdowding.co.uk/february-2017-salads-slow-sow-kew-gardens-qa-wikihow/
@mypony891
4 жыл бұрын
How did that garden work out for you?
@kaylennon2990
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Charles fabulous tips
@katherineconnolly8407
3 жыл бұрын
Very helpful. I thought you had to store everything in sand so your advice makes things so much easier. Thanks
@mikehurdiss226
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks Charles That was really really helpful. Enjoying reading your books by the way. Take care Mike
@CharlesDowding1nodig
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mike.
@gracielamaceyra760
3 жыл бұрын
I love You Charles Dawding ARGENTINA 💪
@bevandbillscedarhillhomest7717
6 жыл бұрын
Very good info, Charles. Thank you. I have shared you videos on "Off Grid with Doug and Stacy" homestead here in Missouri. When I did, I was surprised to find out just how many people already knew of your site. Many commented on my post saying that they love your site. Some even said that they had already started the "No Dig" method, as I have, and is great. Take care.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks Bev and Bill, Missouri feels a long way away yet it's lovely to hear of growing success with no dig. Great that you are swapping notes and it's nice for me to hear the feedback.
@Shanmammy
3 жыл бұрын
A friend of mine loves beet leaves. I’ve never tried them. I intend to this year.
@smalldairyfarmer
3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video plenty ways to story your harvest how have I not seen this video 👍
@CharlesDowding1nodig
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it David
@godschildyes
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this!
@DavidReyesMariano
7 жыл бұрын
Very nice advice Mr. Charles.
@allieb7757
3 жыл бұрын
I just had an ad for Hot Cross Buns, and I am thinking "hurry up so I can go back to seeing all the wonderful real food Charles is storing"
@joyceannwarnkehigh3189
7 жыл бұрын
You can clean root veg and layer them in boxes with Clean Dry sand. It helps keep them quite well for several months.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
7 жыл бұрын
Yes you can Joyce, and it is often advised. Here I am explaining simpler, quicker and cheaper methods whose results are very nearly as good! The carrots for example have some soil and compost on them, from harvest, which helps to keep them fresh. Plus the cardboard lining around the crate.
@365daysofveronica
4 жыл бұрын
What types of vegetables can you keep like this??
@michael-annhancox7179
4 жыл бұрын
Very informative and so practical! I always wondered how we could store our produce.Thank you again!
@johnpino5999
5 жыл бұрын
I store root crops, apples, cabbages etc. in crates filled with layers of soaking wet wood shaving and veg. I don't wash them, just shake off most of the soil, and layer them into the shavings. I am careful to make sure the veg don't touch. I think that the acidic pine shavings and physical isolation keeps any rot at bay. The wet conditions keep the veg in great shape until May. I live in the US near the Canadian border.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
5 жыл бұрын
Wow that is brilliant John
@mypony891
4 жыл бұрын
Can you explain how the moisture doesn't introduce mold? Not being sarcastic, I seriously don't understand.
@JP-rz2vt
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks you’re helping with Toronto pandemic food storage
@CharlesDowding1nodig
4 жыл бұрын
Yikes, wish you well and thanks
@trudymautz4388
6 жыл бұрын
Great video, you are my idol. Love your videos and can't wait to implement a lot of your growing techniques here in my NJ garden.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
6 жыл бұрын
Many thanks Trudy and I wish you fine harvests.
@USMANAKBARSunny
4 жыл бұрын
very handy information
@mollysmith6055
7 жыл бұрын
Such an interesting topic and so many different variables of how to store veg. In my climate we have very hard, prolonged freezes so that leaves us to deal with indoor storage which is of course...heated for this climate. Thus, I've never been able to store much and just this year purchased a pressurized steam canner to bottle the harvest for good, safe storage. (Unfortunately hubby and I cannot create a frost-safe root cellar, or that would be a really good alternative.)
@CharlesDowding1nodig
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your comment and yes, your climate is so different! The canner sounds a good option.
@andyleffler2965
7 жыл бұрын
Very informative like all of your videos. Keep the good work up. Thanks
@farmerchick3040
3 жыл бұрын
I stored some green tomatoes in aerated cardboard in crates and I ate the last one in December I had harvested them October 1st.
@sweatnosweat
7 жыл бұрын
Since i went vegan i had a lot of roting veggies, now even my greens keep for two weeks, and still taste fresh, so great!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
7 жыл бұрын
good to hear
@alpowneyful
6 жыл бұрын
Very useful - Thank You
@elainesplots1132
7 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed this video Charles. I had no idea that carrots & beetroot would keep so long out of soil & in boxes. Its will save a lot of my time freezing later this year! Great ideas to follow on the other veggies too.
@samantapasquero
7 жыл бұрын
thank you for your fantastic informations. hope to use here in Portugal!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
7 жыл бұрын
May your harvests be good
@S4Nify
7 жыл бұрын
Great video! Thank you!
@juneshannon5941
7 жыл бұрын
Very informative video. Thank you.
@mypony891
4 жыл бұрын
We love in an old house that still had a root cellar. I harvested some sweet potatoes last year around Sept - Oct. Placed them in the cellar, covered then with some dirt until I couldn't see them anymore. I just now finished the last of them and they were delicious. I only had 2 or 3 go bad but that was out of 50 or so with a family of 10.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
4 жыл бұрын
Great result
@bettyjoe93
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tips.
@asaf158
7 жыл бұрын
i love your channel thank you :)
@ralphhanson8028
7 жыл бұрын
as usual very interesting very good
@SH-nx7kc
3 жыл бұрын
Hopefully people will think twice now before throwing out fruit and veg from the supermarket which has gone past the sell-by date but is still perfectly good to eat.
@Im-just-Stardust
2 жыл бұрын
I watched this video a year ago, and I remember thinking : Wow this is ... hardcore. It was beyond what I would personally go. I am watching this video now and it is totally normal, not only normal but I plan to practice it because we just never know what can happen in the crazy world we live in.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
2 жыл бұрын
An interesting change! The new normal 🥕
@rhysjaggar4677
5 жыл бұрын
I actually used the last of our Red Kuri squash in late May. Whether nutritious content decreases from early April to May I do not know, but the soup we made from it was still delicious. You could give squirrels lessons on storing food, even they probably have less food caches than you!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
5 жыл бұрын
Haha cute comment Rhys. We just ate the last squash today, from a plant Steph gave me, and 8 months after harvest it was delicious.
@tethraleang6297
7 жыл бұрын
thank u sir for sharing ur garden.i really appreciated
@marikalehman8611
4 жыл бұрын
The vegetables and fruit do look pretty inside 😍
@heatherwilliamson9232
6 жыл бұрын
This is so cool! I don't understand why the organic produce I'm buying goes bad so quickly. Organic russet potatoes, for example, go bad if I don't use them within a week and a half... onions, 2 weeks max., apples too.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
6 жыл бұрын
Something is not right for that to happen Heather. Do ask in the shop or store. Potatoes are programmed to last from harvest to planting, hence their growing sprouts in bags during winter - normally! Root vegetables are living organisms.
@leannagivens5349
4 жыл бұрын
I love that sweater. I literally JUST bought America's test kitchen book on methods for preserving food. I really can't wait to put all these self sustaining practices to the test but this weather's not cooperating!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks LaAnna and may it warm soon for you :)
@evephillips6701
7 жыл бұрын
Good advice on storing...Those are very huge pumpkins....You said squashes....Never seen them so big!
@livingladolcevita7318
7 жыл бұрын
have stored beetrootunwashed in dry sand for 3 months or so and had good results, now trying carrots in dry compost
@CharlesDowding1nodig
7 жыл бұрын
nice to hear
@simplefoodsimplelife9632
7 жыл бұрын
Lovely.
@NocturnalButterfly
7 жыл бұрын
Fantastic tips, thanks so much!
@thenextpoetician6328
6 жыл бұрын
Wrapping apples individually in newspaper also helps them keep well.
@sarahno4748
3 жыл бұрын
I cannot wait to be able to leave the city.
@jojozepofthejungle2655
2 жыл бұрын
I would put swedes, turnips, carrots, and parsnips unwashed, straight into wet sand or the soil that they came out of, in those styrofoam boxes and keep those in rat and bug proof cages made from wire and screen mesh. I just brush off my spuds, dry and store the same way and put them under the house. I store pumpkin in the laundry. Now I'm learning more from you.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
2 жыл бұрын
Nice to hear!
@noga8974
2 жыл бұрын
I don't know how you don't take a bite out of stuff, especially those apples 🍎🍏
@CharlesDowding1nodig
2 жыл бұрын
Haha yes I love them especially
@ilpensatoiodimarco5544
7 жыл бұрын
Lovely man
@gratituderanch9406
7 жыл бұрын
Very nice. Thank you
@kellykilfeather
2 жыл бұрын
I’m heartened you see you have big beetroots and kohl rabi... I have some still in the ground, they look good but they’re massive and I was wondering if they were worth even attempting to use. Now I think I will...
@CharlesDowding1nodig
2 жыл бұрын
Your larder in the soil! 💚
@squange20
Жыл бұрын
Very good video Charles. A question about potatoes and sweet potatoes (sweet potatoes are grown widely here in NZ) - if storing in bags, won’t they rot sooner, or form sprouts? I love the look of the celeriacs and kohl rabi and didn’t know they grow to that size. I’ve never eaten a celeriac, so will try growing them this winter. Your videos are a constant source of valuable information and help. Thanks for that.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
Жыл бұрын
Nice to hear. Sweet potatoes do not sprout as readily as potatoes, in my experience, but I'm not too sure to be honest, they're not a big food for us.
@jairiangrowyourfood6659
4 жыл бұрын
Hi Charles Hope you're keeping well. Thank you for the Informative video, I got a question,as I don't have a room like yours neither a cellar,can I store my vegetables and root veges in a outside shed(metal) I found my beets are getting soft when I left it in a box with paper on top in a dark place.what all things can we store like this method and what should go in a freezer. Thank you once again.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
4 жыл бұрын
Sorry to hear this Jai, maybe too warm, should be better now for beets pulled say from now. My beets go soft when pulled in warm weather, but not too soft. Soft is still ok to eat, better than freezing imo.
@petesmit33
7 жыл бұрын
We found that Kerrs Pink, Sarpo Mira and Desiree Potatoes store really well and much better than the Maris Pipers
@MsPaleface90
5 жыл бұрын
I love your videos and your no dig garden! I realize that you cannot actually store salad greens like root crops and such, but can you tell me the best way to handle salad after picking so it doesn't go bad right away?
@CharlesDowding1nodig
5 жыл бұрын
Hi Carol and thanks. I use polythene bags, to keep the leaves moist after shaking out the excess water from washing. Best temp. is 7C/45F and they keep several days, alive basically.
@WATCHINGTHEWATCHERS
6 жыл бұрын
My last harvested sqoush is now 8 months old. I'm keeping it as an experiment to see just how long it will stay alive.
@mypony891
4 жыл бұрын
How are you keeping it preserved?
@Andreea.sGarden
3 жыл бұрын
Hi, can you please tell me what variety of garlic is this hanging on minute 9:30? It looks amazing! Thank you!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
3 жыл бұрын
No idea Andreea, it's originally from a store and I keep growing it, in a polytunnel mostly, hence larger
@TheWitch59
5 жыл бұрын
Hi Charles as always a wonderful video. Your an inspiration. I was wondering where you get your storage supplies. Also the seed modules. I have looked around many shops but they only seem to have flimsy stuff that may not last very long and I find this not very cost effective. Hope you can help. Liz 🙂
@CharlesDowding1nodig
5 жыл бұрын
Liz thanks, and the module trays in polystyrene are hard to buy but these are good containerwise.co.uk/product/40l-propagation-tray/
@TheWitch59
5 жыл бұрын
@@CharlesDowding1nodig thanks very much. 🙂
@vippiggygirl8926
7 жыл бұрын
I am learning so much from your videos, a huge thank you for making this channel. Your the frist UK Channel I have found since starting homestending eight weeks ago in Surrey England. Not a fan of suppermarkets at all. Sorry to ask, im new to this channel can I ask what do you do with all this fruit and veg left over or you don't use, do you replant? Sell on? Can, dry, or freeze. If you do sell on to the public please list a link to your website. Your fruit and Vegetables look amazing. Thanks Rebecca.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
7 жыл бұрын
Best of luck with homesteading Rebecca and as I say, the produce goes to local shops & restaurants and is for Steph to make into great meals for the courses here, so there is v little surplus
@Pixieworksstudio
3 жыл бұрын
Good afternoon, Charles, I'm just mooching around on YT as it is drizzling out in August, and found this video of yours. How on earth did you get a Khol Rabi that big? What kind is it? I'm lucky to get them tennis ball size. Fabulous subject and video!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
3 жыл бұрын
I had a lucky year Jayne! Kossak F1 is good
@Pixieworksstudio
3 жыл бұрын
@@CharlesDowding1nodig haha, bless you, Charles. We all need a lucky year. I'll give that a go for great sputnik veg :) Thanks again!
@meganrosney287
3 жыл бұрын
Would veg/ fruit store like that in a block built barn with a tin roof, or would it work it I stored them in crates- inside larger crates insulated between with straw. As I will be close to the sea, I am guessing it doesn't drop below zero often.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
3 жыл бұрын
I have stored apples in a block built garage with a tin roof and that worked fine all winter. Be careful with straw installation because it might encourage rodents, I would not use it
@tungvo3168
4 жыл бұрын
Không hiểu nói gì , nhưng xem trang trại râu rất là thích
@CharlesDowding1nodig
4 жыл бұрын
Bạn làm tôi cười! 😀
@tungvo3168
4 жыл бұрын
Tôi Ước sau này sẽ có một trang trại như bạn. Cố gắng 💪💪💪
@heidimisfeldt5685
4 жыл бұрын
The leaves of carrots, beets, kohlrabi, turnips, celeriac, are EDIBLE, cooked or raw in a salad.
@amandahartung6287
3 жыл бұрын
What is the lowest temps it gets in your building? We are thinking of turning a shed on our property to food storage and live in Maine USA. I'm moatly worried about freezing.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
3 жыл бұрын
We are less cold than you in winter, 33F is lowest in 10 years inside the building
@mikefalcon1
5 жыл бұрын
Hello Charles, what do you consider an ambient temperature? I've got now 17 degrees Celsius in all rooms of the basement, would that be perfect enough? (ps, can I compost aphid infected plants?) Wish me the best of luck, I'm going to use your written knowledge (there's soooo much in your books!) to transform a 0,42 acre! But it has trees here and there :) (government promised me I could use it for about 4 years, free of fees!).
@CharlesDowding1nodig
5 жыл бұрын
Hello Maico and thanks for your message. I wish you every success in your new garden. For storing root vegetables, 11C is cellar temperature and would be better than 17C.
@mikefalcon1
5 жыл бұрын
@@CharlesDowding1nodig okay thank you. I haven't checked the cellar temperature last winter, but I assume it might drop.
@sauce410
7 жыл бұрын
Really loving your videos! Have you done any videos that go over seasoning things, such as onions, before storing? I don't know much about it yet. Thanks for all the hard work you put into these! It is appreciated.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
7 жыл бұрын
Glad you like the videos and I do not do much seasoning, Sauce (could not resist that), see the storing video and onion, garlic just want to be pretty dry before being hung up
@sauce410
7 жыл бұрын
Excellent, thanks for the reply!
@tlynn7463
4 жыл бұрын
Hello Mr. Dowding. My husband and I absolutely love your videos. This year I talked him into growing swedes here in Alaska and we watched your videos prior to growing them. The season is a bit different here but we adjusted and they did quite well so I must thank you for your instructions. We love the swedes but root cellars and out buildings are not viable for vegetable storage here and the swedes are the only vegetable I am unsure how to store. Other vegetables we have packed in wet sand or peat moss and into a bin and stored in the garage where it is cool but not frozen. If you have any suggestions on how to store the swedes so that we may eat them fresh for the next few months that would be wonderful. I can always can them but they are so delicious fresh cooked we were hoping you might have some storage ideas.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
4 жыл бұрын
Nice to hear from you. Wow, swedes in Alaska! They stand freezing to even 15F so there is no rush to harvest. To store I would leave some soil and small roots on the large swede, to keep them moist in say a box or crate, then use as desired.
@tlynn7463
4 жыл бұрын
@@CharlesDowding1nodig Thank you very much for the reply. We hope to keep them in the ground as long as possible. The weather here is abnormally wet and rainy so if it dries up we will definitely wait until the weather gets down into the teens. If it stays wet we will have to harvest a bit earlier than planned but we have been so blessed with your channel and truly appreciate not only the storing advice but the growing advice. You are the best.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
4 жыл бұрын
@@tlynn7463 Ah thanks, and yes the weather! Unusually wet and windy here, but better is forecast. I hope yours improves - the US sounds pretty unusual this year.
@JulietYelverton
3 жыл бұрын
HI Charles, it's great to see how well your produce is storing. Did you build a new shed to do this as well? I am thinking of setting up a shed as I do not have much space in my house for storage, especially for the quantity of produce that I am getting with the community gardens. Would you recommend any particular kind? Love Juliet
@CharlesDowding1nodig
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Juliet. My shed is a brick lean to, keeps out more frost than wooden shed. Wood is ok but any extra insulation will attract rodents, so best cool.
@puddinggeek4623
7 жыл бұрын
Excellent video. I have started fermenting some vegetables for storing. Do you do any fermenting for any of your harvest?
@CharlesDowding1nodig
7 жыл бұрын
I want to, it's about finding some time to do that because it's a brilliant way to store food, and improve it often
@pio4362
4 жыл бұрын
I take it you immediately pull the stalks off carrots before storage? I've got some of my own carrots (almost 4 months growing now and of a medium size) in a plastic crate, but shall now add some cardboard underneath. I might also trial out the sand and buried in cotton bag techniques suggested by your other viewers. Can carrots still grow when the wind has blown their stalks over (but not detached them, of course) ? I find I have a lot of tangled stalks consequently, and combined with thistles & docks, it made for the most troublesome crop to weed this summer. Often I'd forgo weeding for fear of accidentality pulling the stalks. Unfortunately I hadn't discovered you when I sowed in May, thus the traditional ridge, which is unsurprisingly really compacted, with presence of small stones too. Next spring they'll definitely be in a no-dig bed!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
4 жыл бұрын
Yes they can grow more, and good luck with no dig
@plantsoverpills1643
2 жыл бұрын
👍🏻….Would you recommend freezing vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower and brussel sprouts?
@CharlesDowding1nodig
2 жыл бұрын
They are not my choice for freezing. However if your winters are so cold that there are no fresh greens, and yes I would freeze a few of those if you have a glut now. Brussels sprouts are the most hardy of these, down to -15C or lower, 8F
@paulag4955
7 жыл бұрын
Hi Charles- I have never seen kohlrabi that large- I didn't know they could 1) get that big and 2) still be edible- what variety did you grow?
@CharlesDowding1nodig
7 жыл бұрын
Haha love this, thanks Paula. From sowings early July, after their flowering season, they keep growing all autumn. Woodiness happens when sowings of erly spring are allowed to grow too long and begin to flower, in June-early July. It is Kossak F1. This year's Supershmeltz look similar now.
@paulag4955
7 жыл бұрын
So if I understand you correctly, kohlrabi planted in spring will get woody after flowering, but kohlrabi planted in July will not and will keep growing all autumn? And since I try to avoid hybrid seed just on the off chance that I'll have to save seed, could I use Sweet Vienna kohlrabi seed?
@CharlesDowding1nodig
7 жыл бұрын
Yes, and woody before flowering too, say from mid June depending on weather etc. Supershmeltz is not hybrid. Yes Sweet Vienna is nice.
@debbieengland9461
3 жыл бұрын
I currently buy organic veg from riverfords and it doesn't keep this well even in my fridge! Why is this, do you think? Until watching this video I wasn't going to attempt to store anything because I just didn't think it would work.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
3 жыл бұрын
Debbie this is the most interesting and there are two possible reasons. One is that some of the produce may be less fresh than we would hope. But I suspect the main reason is from soil quality. Even though their produce is organic, it is not No-Dig except in a few cases. I reckon that the microbial quality of No-Dig soil results in stronger healthier produce which stores much better. I receive fantastic comments about my salad leaves for example.
@debbieengland9461
3 жыл бұрын
I'm so interested to see how it turns out for me. I actually have a whole bed of beetroots still in the ground because I didn't know what to do with them. So I will chuck them in my shed tomorrow and they can be my first experiment. I only discovered you this year and started my beds in February. Have been so surprised at how much I produced even with the lack of compost due to this year's events! Thank you so much
@billsbasementworkshop1902
6 жыл бұрын
What do you call ambient temp? I have a celler in my house and it would be good to know.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
6 жыл бұрын
Yes it's a vague word! means same temp. as nearby & outside, so lower in winter than summer, whereas cellar is constant 10-11C/50F or so, good for storing root veg.
@realcanadiangirl64
6 жыл бұрын
I put a box of store-bought apples that have been treated. The gas from them puts everything I have in my cold room "to sleep" Works like a charm!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
6 жыл бұрын
That is funny
@loriakers4952
6 жыл бұрын
I love your videos. Do you have problems with mice eating your apples in the garage? And if you didn't have the thick walled shed , where would you store your root vegetables?
@CharlesDowding1nodig
6 жыл бұрын
Yes I set mousetraps. Not sure!
@wkernwood
7 жыл бұрын
Charles, thank you for the great video, this has been an area that I have struggled with over the years, especially onions and potatoes. Are you storing your potatoes in a plastic bag? I've always been told that potatoes need to 'breathe' or they will spoil faster. Your way seems to work, though. Thanks for sharing.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
7 жыл бұрын
Yes all these veg need to breathe, so paper sacks and cardboard boxes/plastic crates are all good. I store only some leaf veg such as spinach, lettuce and salad leaves in polythene bags, for less than a week.
@happydays1336
7 жыл бұрын
Are you using leftover bags from store bought soil and compost? If so, that's a great way to reuse them--and economical, too. Your bags don't look like they're specialty bags made just for storing vegetables in. Do you poke holes in the plastic bags?
@CharlesDowding1nodig
7 жыл бұрын
I use paper sacks for storing potatoes, all reused, some given by others. Plastic bags would sweat when weather alternates between cool and warmer.
@happydays1336
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for answering my question so quickly. I appreciate it very much.
@maialinellospazio
3 жыл бұрын
I very much enjoy your wonderful channel! Just a question: don't you have rodents in your area? I would be worried about them if I stored vegetables like that.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, and yes! See my recent video Compost Q&A. Fortunately they stay in the compost heap, while I have mice in the shed and keep a trap in there all the time
@aljacobson9525
7 жыл бұрын
Do you put air holes in the plastic bags that you use to store potatoes? Great job..love your work. Hi from Minnesota!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
7 жыл бұрын
Hello Al, nice to hear. I thought to have said I store potatoes in paper sacks and there is no need for holes because paper breathes. They would sweat in plastic bags.
@livingthegoodlifeinwales
3 жыл бұрын
Charles, what temperature is your shed? I have a cellar which is not super cold that I'd like to store in but nervous about things spoiling. Thanks. Love your work.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
3 жыл бұрын
Around 5-10C in winter, cellar should work for you Louise
@livingthegoodlifeinwales
3 жыл бұрын
@@CharlesDowding1nodig thank you very much for replying Charles.
@marionbyrne4429
5 жыл бұрын
Is the nutrition affected by storage Charles.? I love all your informative vids. Thank you ✌️💕
@CharlesDowding1nodig
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks, and I imagine mineral content stays similar but there is less moisture so softer texture
@HighWealder
2 жыл бұрын
Some vegetables become sweeter as starch turns to sugar.
@kaarejansbol
5 жыл бұрын
Brilliant! What do you do about mice and rats? Dont they eat the vegetables kept in the outside house/garage?
@CharlesDowding1nodig
5 жыл бұрын
I set mousetraps Kare because otherwise they do eat a lot. Usually I catch most in the autumn when they are coming in for winter shelter and food.
@kaarejansbol
5 жыл бұрын
Charles Dowding Thank you for your reply!
@sarahgozlan8916
5 жыл бұрын
Any suggestions for a "cellar" for zone 7B (in NY, where we're currently having hot and very humid temps...)?? Don't have a basement, and not sure that I can do anything for an "in-ground" cellar... Recently pulled up my shallots and garlic, and some of the potatoes... Don't want them to go to waste!! Not home all the time either to keep the AC going while we're not home! :-/ Would love any suggestions since I've tried looking online and can't seem to come across options that would work!!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
5 жыл бұрын
Sarah onions & garlic store well in warm or in cool, so just in your house. Even potatoes are ok in warmth, in a 2 or 3 ply paper sack, in your house to be frost free in winter.
@sarahgozlan8916
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the quick response!! I will try to get some paper sacks and see if that helps! I used the mesh/net sacks and hung them the past few years but it's been really hot and humid (around 30C) and I lost quite a few to mold last year! Can't seem to find the best room/area to store them during the summer! :-(
@andysouthwell1708
7 жыл бұрын
What precautions do you take against rodents which would also love your fruit and vegetables!
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