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  • From: <wiediger AT msn.com>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Keeping greens cool
  • Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 08:03:01 -0500

Shelly,
 
We had the same problem any place the greens touch the ice, they froze and got slimy.   We keep them in a glass doored cooler (a walk-in is still a dream for us) in bags, in a plastic bin or waxed produce box, until the morning of market.  Then, we repack the bags into a large "camping" cooler with frozen 1/2 gallon jugs of ice at each end, with a double layer of corrugated  cardboard (box tops or whatever) between the ice and the mesclun bags.  Works pretty well. 
 
Now, if we could just find a way to display lettuce at market without it wilting so badly!  The heat is bad, and the wind even worse!
 
 
Paul and Alison Wiediger
Au Naturel Farm
http://aunaturelfarm.homestead.com



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