storing our veg in winter, any ideas.

Don't know about the carrots & swedes if dry sand doesn't work, but leeks can be lifted & heeled in somewhere more sheltered perhaps, but outside  & they will keep for ages.

Never tried it, but I have read that you use moist sand so the root veg don't dry out :blink:

What comes out in the suite 101 article is that you should wait until Autumn when the soil has cooled down before storing. I am sure that if you store them now they will continue to grow.

One interesting point was leaving the carrots to dry in the sun to kill hair roots and induce dormancy. Never heard of that but I can see the logic.

For storage short term the carrot packers reckon that they store best washed, bagged and in the refridgerator. This apparently stops the bacteria in the soil causing rot.

I have light soil and my carrots stay in the ground slightly earthed up or with a covering of whatever is to hand. Last year the cut off asparagus tops did the job.