Tell us about your storage area for your veggies/fruits?

[homesteadmamma]

We have a partial basement which is cool all the time. We store most of our veggies/fruits and canned goods there. Our potatoes are still has firm as the day we put them there.

Although the steps to the area are a bit hard to navigate, I do appreciate having a cool place to store my veggies.

[jlxian]

We have one of those "primitive" basements under part of our house. It is quite damp so I've learned not to store my homecanned stuff there -- the lids rust. This winter we have our sweet potatoes stored in the basement, and so far so good --- except for a little bit of nibbling by some mice.

In a house we lived in several years ago, the basement actually had a root cellar with shelves for jars and other items. We kept potatoes there all winter with fairly good luck. They did end up sprouting in the late winter however.

[QuilterMom]

No basements here as the ground is not stable enough for homes to have them.

I'd be interested in hearing what others in hot/tropical climates do for storing their fruits and veggies.

[baxjul]

Kim, that is what I was wondering. I mostly just keep ours in the refrig or on the counter. If we buy too much at one time, it all goes bad before we can eat it.

[QuilterMom]

We keep our fruits in the fridge as well and freeze the veggies. I would love to be able to store potatoes, but I've never had any luck in this climate. I always have to make them into twice baked potatoes or mashed potatoes and then freeze them like that.