Carrots

Once harvested how are carrots kept fresh and crunchy? Mine go limp within a matter of days!

Thanks mum, I'll leave them in situ in the bath until needed, but it can get quite expensive driving 10 miles just for couple carrots!

Mine keep for a few days in the fridge, otherwise I peel and dice then freeze them. THey then just get chucked into various meals from frozen as things cook.

I’ve found that they can go limp & bendy very easily, goodness know how the supermarkets manage except they keep them in cold stores. This year I’ve been taking a bucket of water down to the bed when I harvest them & plunge them straight in, this seems to be working, also sometimes I wrap them in damp kitchen roll, then in a plastic bag, but always in the fridge.

I'm lucky enough to live walking distance from the plot so can pick each day i need things, i put fresh things into cold water to store for a couple of days if required. Supermarkets have lots of preserving chemicals for their vegetables, not interested in that thanks!