Storage of fresh vegetables

I've sorted all the veg - taking out any damaged ones (mostly potatoes). I'll cook these first along with some damp carrots. The good stuff has been sorted into paper carrier bags in week-size portions. I've put the bags in a plastic dustbin that has the remains of the chopped hay and straw that I used to put in the chicken coop. Its very dry. The bags went on top of the straw and I put some wool insulation on top of the bags to absorb any moisture that might form inside the lid of the bin. The bin is in a wooden shed with a pond liner roof under the oak tree. It doesn't get any direct sun. Fingers crossed this works - after all, those veg cost 8p a bag - about 50p total. That's a lot of money to a moneyless chicken.

It works!! I've had a peep inside the dustbins and found absolutely perfect carrots, parsnips and potatoes. One swede has started to sprout but that's all. Haven't delved down to the bottom of the bins though. The wool insulation was damp and the paper carrier bags, near the top of the bins were also a bit damp - but still intact and strong enough to carry a few pounds of potatoes back to the house. 

I was so pleased that I took all the sprouting potatoes out of the kitchen and planted them!!

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The Moneyless Chicken is eggstatic.