Gardening

But we couldn't find them so we picked a different variety. I have had some problems with storage, but found something that really seemed to work this last year.

I used the small wooden crates from the clementines we bought. They fit neatly inside brown paper bags. I cut one small side of the bag out except about a half inch on each edge. Then I put in a crate, filled it with potatoes, put another crate on top, filled it, etc. until I hit the top of the bag. I turned the open end of the bag against the wall in our coolest room and used the piece I cut out to cover the top of the whole thing.

They lasted very nicely through the whole winter. I only took time to break off any growing eyes each time I used some. We had harvested late Oct. or perhaps it was early Nov. and used the last of the potatoes for a meal in April. So the storage was fairly simple, cheap, and I didn't need to have a root cellar.