Show vegetables for winterize winter Winte rire are saved by simple storage DIRT STONE X covering VERING rO STRAW 14 R GROUND ap LOUND 1 I 1 0 I 1 LEVEL J DIRT STRAW AND N r axi 0 GROUND U ID box LEVEL EL N BARREL kasy Y Method storing vegetables Vegetal Vege fables iles vegetables which remain in good condition in the home vegetable garden after frosts begin may easily be stored safely for winter use kale brussels sprouts parsnips par snips and will stand freezing andare and are usually leftin left in the garden and har hai vested as needed until just before the ground freezes deeply if parsnips par snips and ore are dug at this stage washed and enough for one meal packed in a papers paper bag the bags can be stored outdo outdoors ori in tiny any convenient place where they will remain dry and sate safe from animals they can be taken into the kitchen and thawed out tor for use as needed tomatoes should be harvested after pr the first hard frost many can call be ripened if laid on a shelf in a warm basement I 1 some prefer to hang them up still attached to the vine carrots beets turnips rutabagas potatoes apples and cabbages can be stored in an unheated garage garage or shed ifor bor several weeks until the outside temperatures have fallen to several degrees below freezing if the carrots beets and turnips are placed in boxes packed in soil which is kept moist inthe in the protection of the garage or shed they wm will keep well exception except in extremely low temperatures sand is not good lor for this packing asit as it does not delft in moisture i well potatoes des should not lot be packed in 41 this way pumpkins squash and sweet potatoes should bo be stored in a temperature pera ture between 55 and 65 do degrees which is often found in a heated basement abe atie crops bequir ing lower temperatures may be kept in heated basements tor some time it if they are packed in ili boxes with wet sand about them where the quantity to be stored does d oes not warrant an expensive outdoor root cellar various adaptations of the idea may inay be bd used as shown in the illustration vegetables stored should be in good condition not too old or too immature and tender vegetables which have been exposed to vest frost should never be stored avoid avaid vegetables with bruises ot or skin punctures as decay will start from these and never store vegetables which are wet even the handiest hardiest har diest vegetables should not fiot be stored it they have been frozen do not close outdoor root cellars tightly until the temperature inside has dropped close to freezing and do not cover vegetables in ili earth pits until the soil has cool cooled edoff off thoroughly |