Successful cold storage-Squash and pumpkins
http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles2/gist82.html
By Sylvia Gist
(SNIP) ... Ideally, I would have a root cellar which maintained the correct temperature for the produce I would like to keep. Unfortunately, it'ss not that ideal, so I have to look for other places to store things. Fortunately, different vegetables like different temperatures, so everything doesn't have to go in the same place. Other storage options (depending upon the item) include in the ground, under a staircase, unheated rooms, outside stairwells, pits in the ground, or extra refrigerators, to name a few.
Squash and pumpkins
An easy crop to store is squash or pumpkins. Nearly all kinds labeled winter squash and even mature summer squash, such as the Mid East cousa type, can keep almost six months if they are ... ---CONTINUED---