[Community_garden] Of puns and pumpkins

[Lisa Dufresne]

So what if your basement isn't a nice flat 50 degrees? What it if fluctuates 
between that and, say, zero depending on the outside weather? I've hear of 
using an old refrigerator, unplugged. Anyone have any experience with that? 
My basement is just not weatherproof, and never will be, and while I'd love 
to have a root cellar, the whole prospect of building bins and filling them 
with sand for carrots and potatoes and the like just seems too overwhelming. 
Everything else I'd store down there would simply freeze come January. I'd 
love it if someone had a nice simple solution. Mike, put down the spitballs 
and THINK!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike McGrath" <MikeMcG at PTD.net>
To: <GivenTrees at aol.com>; <ellen.kirby at gmail.com>; 
<community_garden at list.communitygarden.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 9:41 AM
Subject: [Community_garden] Of puns and pumpkins


> That's really nice; thank you!
>
> 1) I was intending to get serious again now that New Year's Day was over. 
> I
> actually had a very serious eye problem (retinal) take me down right 
> before
> Christmas. Sucked all the air and energy out of me (we even had to be
> 'Charitied' with a tree and that barely made it up by midnight on the 
> 24th).
> But by New Year's I was feeling a little feisty again. And there were so
> many straight lines here!
>
> 2) Root cellars are fairly involved, but luckily pumpkins are not. If they
> are PERFECT (no nicks or cuts in their skin) they store like winter
> squash--ideally on a shelf in a coolish (50s) basement or such. When I had 
> a
> patch we would use the less perfect ones right away, and found that the
> others held up perfectly for months--one or two till late Spring.
> You can even pick full sized ones green and they will ripen up indoors and
> then store. Just be sure to keep the mice away....
>                                        ---Mike McG
> PS: The good sisters of St. Joseph NEVER let me sit in the back of the 
> room.
> They wanted my left ear handy and up front for efficient pulling down to
> Sister Charles Bronson's office...
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <GivenTrees at aol.com>
> To: <ellen.kirby at gmail.com>; <community_garden at list.communitygarden.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 8:33 AM
> Subject: Re: [Community_garden] Community_garden Digest, Vol 329, Issue 1
>
>
>> Ditto # 7
>>
>> I think this list serve is great and enjoy all the reading!  But the
>> humor
>> is most important during these weeks of snow and cold.  I've yet to  see
>> anything I didn't think was appropriate, but that last entries on
>> "etiquette"
>> reminds me a tad of an old Cheech and Chong skit, Sister Mary  Elaphant!
>> Cla-aaas,
>> CLAAAAAAS!  Of course then you get a picture in  you head of the class
>> room
>> with Mr.McG at the back of the room, shooting spit  balls at some girl
>> with
>> pigtails!
>>
>> Now for the real question: Is anyone out there practiced in the art of
>> 'root
>> cellaring'? In particular looking for info on storing pumpkins.   Thanks
>> Tina
>>
>>
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