I just use the big flat boxes the supermarket uses for produce. I put the apples one layer deep, slightly apart from each other. I get a few odd looks when i throw three boxes in the trolley, when all I've bought is some milk and bread,but hey...
The boxes will stack on top of each other in the garage. I've got onions in some as well.The garage is probably the coldest place I've got. The apples go off too quick in the house. My James Grieve apples will keep until about Xmas.
Just check regularly, and throw any that show signs of rot. Any that are damaged or bruised now will not store, and I cut them up, stew , and freeze them.
for risk of causing another storm in a tea cup... Off topic....this is the weather thread where posters at the very least make a contribution about the weather and related gardening stuff , I do hope we aren't now going to start talking about cake because of the issues on other threads
A bit cold and breezy here in Norfolk. Window thermometers show around 8°C.
Lots of worm casts on the lawn are evidence (I presume?) of recent rainfall bringing up the water levels. A few more spits of rain in the air suggest more to come later today.
Oh, KEF, that big yellow thing... Could you roll it our way for a bit?
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Sorry - just realised I'm on the wrong thread for apple racks
I just use the big flat boxes the supermarket uses for produce. I put the apples one layer deep, slightly apart from each other. I get a few odd looks when i throw three boxes in the trolley, when all I've bought is some milk and bread,but hey...
The boxes will stack on top of each other in the garage. I've got onions in some as well.The garage is probably the coldest place I've got. The apples go off too quick in the house. My James Grieve apples will keep until about Xmas.
Just check regularly, and throw any that show signs of rot. Any that are damaged or bruised now will not store, and I cut them up, stew , and freeze them.
Thanks fb. I will try that when I run out of shelf space.
Sorry Zoomer
Talk of apples over. storm over, Going to bed. Night Night all.
There is a big yellow thing in the sky. 07.43am
07.46am clouds and now raining.
Guess this is what is called mixed weather.
A bit cold and breezy here in Norfolk. Window thermometers show around 8°C.
Lots of worm casts on the lawn are evidence (I presume?) of recent rainfall bringing up the water levels. A few more spits of rain in the air suggest more to come later today.
Oh, KEF, that big yellow thing... Could you roll it our way for a bit?
Off to cut grass , hopefully for the last time now that the drying wind has arrived.
KEk are you sure that big yellow thing wasn't the chrysanthemum that Gardengirl posted a couple of days ago??
It's been raining on and off for almost two days now here. No chance of cutting the lawn.