Grow These Crops if You Don't Have Cold Storage

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Grow these 9 crops in your garden to store for food even if you don't have cold storage set up yet. Each of these crops stores remarkably well without refrigeration of any kind.

0:51 Winter Squash
2:30 Onions
3:49 Hardneck Garlic
5:34 Dried Beans
6:38 Flint Corn
7:39 Sunflower Seeds
10:12 Wheat
11:44 Hulless Oats
13:11 Lentils

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[HWhit]

I've learned that a lot of your root crops (carrots, beets, potatoes, salsify, parsnips, etc.) can be left in the ground over winter, and harvested fresh, with a thick layer of mulch over them to protect them from freezing all throughout the winter months.
This type of cold storage allows the starches, within the vegetables, to turn to sugar, making them sweeter when harvested.

[darylwilson]

I've been researching a way to hull those sunflowers too, here's hoping either one of us succeeds and shares! Great Video thanks!

[renata-sb]

Thank you, very useful info. I have to try lentils and oats you talked about 😊

[catejordan]

You should also check out Hullless pumpkin seed varieties to get pepitates

[VanillaAttila]

Such an amazing video, you provide tremendous content! Thanks!

[az]

It’s essential to properly cure winter squash before storing. Don’t know the temps and time, but that’s an easy search. Ditto onions and garlic. They need to dry down. You have to do some prep and not just chuck things in storage.
Also, varieties matter. Some squash and onion do better than others. In fact, some onions aren’t meant for storage at all.
Another video?

[MrToninogarzia]

I like a lot your videos
Love from spain

[renel]

Unfortunately "room temperature" where I live in central California is significantly higher than your 60-70 F in your basement. Our daytime high can still reach 99F on October 31st. Also virtually everything here built since 1965 is on a slab foundation. The most recent house I've seen with a basement was built in the 1940s. Fun to see all you do though. 😊

[sandiv]

Awesome! Where did you get your threshing machine?

[marionpaul]

Thanks for this video. Can you tell about the dried green peas on your shelf?

[moomoocho]

Where is your wheat mill from? I am looking for one thank you 👍

[originalwoolydragon]

What temp do you keep your cold storage set at? Would a refrigerator suffice?