You spent the summer weeding, watering and tending to your vegetable garden. Now all your effort has paid off with a bountiful harvest. Maximize the flavor and nutritional value of your homegrown ...

How do you store fresh-picked tomatoes? What about those heads of lettuce you just got on sale? Deep in gardening season, finding or growing fresh vegetables is easy. Still, improper storage can ...

Proper storage of fruits and vegetables in our homes can be a hard lesson for all to learn, whether we are gardeners or buy our produce from others. Default thinking that the fridge is always best, is ...

We tested six produce keepers against DIY storage methods to determine the best ways to store produce. Spoiler: Five options outperformed classic storage hacks. Tired of lettuce wilting after five ...

Our root-cellar-in-a-box overflows with potatoes. Without a cellar, what’s an approachable way to store my root crops through winter? Build a root vegetable storage box for a small-scale way to ...

One dilemma faced by gardeners is successful storage of fall vegetables. Mac Burgess, MSU's small farms agronomist, joins the panel to enlighten gardeners and small truck farms on methods used to ...

As cooler days approach with their chilly nights and we reach for long-forgotten sweaters, cooking lore tells us that it is now root vegetable season. And that these comforting cold-weather foods will ...

Did you hear about the tree that deserted the forest at the end of autumn? It was absent without leaf. Fall leaf color is probably autumn’s most recognizable sign, but a close second are bright ...

Proper produce storage depends on temperature, humidity, and ventilation. Different produce items require different storage environments. Storage times vary greatly, from a few days for sweet corn to ...