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["Erdman, James" <ErdmanJ@uwstout.edu>]

I think that I have mentioned our method before—we use ice chests, like you use in the summer to keep food cool for camping or picnics, the bigger the better.  We open or close them or move them in or out of the garage to maintain the desired temp for the fruit.  We monitor the temperature in the ice chest with a remote reading digital thermometer, so we don’t have to open them to check the temp.  It works well for us, and I ate my last Northwestern Greening from fall 2007 harvest in July 2008, and it was good enough to take with lunch as a snack.

 

Jim, in Menomonie, WI

 

From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Deb S
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 9:13 AM
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [NAFEX] about storage

 

How do folks go about storing their fruit?  We had our first harvest this year and much went into the freezer or got processed into sauce or jam. 

We don't have a garage and I'd worry that rats and other critters would decimate anything stored in the barn. 

What (inexpensive) storage methods have folks come up with for ripening apples and storing other fruits properly?

We get winter temps that are quite variable with lows below freezing frequently for weeks at a time...so not sure that storing outdoors would work.

deb