[Benandbill]

... cardboard box in shed ok?

[DD.]

Leave in the ground and harvest as required does me.

[arugula]

Or in a clamp:

http://www.allotment-garden.org/allotment_foods/Storing_the_Surplus_Potatoes_and_Root_Vegetables.php

 

[sunshineband]

I have never managed to store them for long without them starting to shrivel slightly, I'm afraid, so always leave any surplus in the soil with a few slug pellets 'cultivated in' by them

[stentman]

Some I pickle and others get blanched and frozen. I shall find out over the next weeks and months just how successfull I have been in saving my turnips. I find if I leave them growing in the ground to long they get terribly woody.

[kiltferret]

Stentman.
Pickled turnips?   That work like beetroot?   Never heard of it being done, but game to try.

[Benandbill]

Hmm.  Maybe leave them in the ground then.  Cheers!

[stentman]

Stentman. Pickled turnips?   That work like beetroot?   Never heard of it being done, but game to try.

After doing some beetroot pickling I was asked by my 10 year old daughter if we could pickle some turnips as we had lots. I'd never heard of it before so my 8 year old IT wizard son googled "pickled Turnip" and found this recipe.

http://herablehands.com/2007/12/13/pickled-turnips-digestive-aid-and-tasty-treat/

The results are interesting in a crunchy sort of way and worth a try with a few small turnips.