[Community_garden] Of puns and pumpkins

[Mike McGrath]

What? Its MY fault your house is freezing cold?! {sppiittoo!}

Sitting out in the open with lots of good air circ is, I believe, 
essential--so no closed fridge doors.And the temps can't drop below freezing 
or you will soon have pumpkin mush.
    Some people use a closet in the coolest room of the house; improvise, 
improvise...
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lisa Dufresne" <lisadufresne at vermontel.net>
To: <community_garden at list.communitygarden.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 10:09 AM
Subject: Re: [Community_garden] Of puns and pumpkins


> 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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