I stored carrots in sand and it worked...

Before refrigeration, we all had to figure out how to store our harvests so they lasted as long as possible. Uber Eats didn't exist hundreds of years ago, after all ;)

Carrots and other root crops store EXCEPTIONALLY well sandwiched in between layers of slightly moist sand.

If you do this, it's important not to wash the carrots beforehand. Store them as-is, with bits of dirt and roots still attached as this helps extend their longevity.

Add a 2" layer of sand to the bottom of a container, then layer in carrots, making sure they don't touch.

Keep layering until you reach the top of the container, then store in a cool, dark area uncovered. Your carrots will last up to 6 months like this - nature's refrigerator!

[bonniemoon]

The minecraft noises and hearts were surprisingly wholesome.

[drewdemien]

That's why it's called a root cellar.
Potatoes, carrots, onions store all winter ling

[zaria]

In Afghanistan people would cover up their extra watermelon harvests in sandy soil. Then on the longest night of the year December 20th we would dig them out and enjoy them with our loved ones while telling stories and singing songs and poetry. Every region has their own tradition in celebrating Winter Solstice called Shab Yelda (Night of Yelda). By the way Yelda is also a female name. ✌🏼

[archimedes]

I leave my carrots in the ground and pick them as needed all winter. Just dig thru the snow and they're always fresh crisp and delicious. I couldn't believe it but I absolutely love that this works for me.

[somethingsomething]

It works on most root veggies. Especially ginger

[Gehe]

The sand is there stabilise the humidity. Back in the olden days everyone had a root cellar... literally for the root vegetables. They also stored apples in there and wrapping them in cloth or newspaper. This is why apple is traditionally Finnish winter fruit. Only thing that would last through winter.

[moamoa]

My dad told me they stored it in sand at the orphanage in the 1960-1970s in SA. They stored all their carrots in a stacked pyramid shape and left a tiny bit sticking out and worked their way down, and the sand above would sift down to the layer below/down the pyramid shape hill. Eating from theirs gardens was one of the few good memories he has from that place.😢😮.

[charliehendrix]

Carrot tops and celery greens make excellent bouillon. I dry them in my food dehydrator and then use a food processor to chop them up with dried onions, garlic, fennel carrots, etc. So good for you, too! ❤ your vids, TY!

[Real_Life_Is_More_Important]

Better yet... in Minnesota, i store mine in the ground and harvest all winter and into the spring. No joke. Figured this out by accident a few years ago! Works with every variety I've tried!

[Gardencook]

My family won’t eat mushy carrots, so no canning them here unfortunately. So this is a game changer for me! Thank you!!

[PreciousPuff]

Fascinating. We have “lost” so much food storage knowledge in the age of refrigeration.

[rosieward]

Thanks, now I know what I’ll do with the hundreds of carrots currently growing in my garden! 😅

[shanividal]

When thinking of it, that is actually what people has done for centuries befor electricity. Nice to remember basic knowledge of survival 💪🏻

[taqie]

In the Middle East we store/dry onions by burying them under palm leaves

[kayh]

Everyone with cats are having the same fear I am having lol 😂

[joannehickey]

That's because carrots only flower and make seeds when they're 2 years old. They enter as dormant stage over their first winter like any other seed producing tuber and will send up leaf stalks again in the spring.

[MikkiandAngel]

You can take the tops of the carrots, put them in a pot, steep it not boiling water, but simmer with some vinegar. The water will turn a yellowish orange and you can die cotton clothing with it for free the vinegar will set the color.

[ServraghGiorsal]

In early american history lots of veggies were stored like this in root cellars. Potatos needed a less moist area, so hay was sometimes used to 'bury ' them in the barn.

[ResinAlchemist]

Was I the only one who noticed and loves the two legged carrot?

[JanieOlmsted]

Lovely 🌻 sunflowers in the back ground!!