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To harvest winter squash for storage in a root cellar, wait until the skins are hard enough to resist scratching by your fingernail.
Then cut them off the plant leaving 2 – 3 inches of stem attached. Let them sit in a room that stays between 50 and 60 F for a week or two. Then store on shelves or pallets in the cellar.
Corn is one of our favorite vegetables on the homestead. Although it’s not a high yielding plant for the area it takes up, it’s well worth growing! There is nothing like a nice cob of sweet corn along with a summer BBQ. Home canned corn will be a wonderful addition to the winter menu.
To plant corn, till the ground working in composted manure.
Make rows 1 foot apart.
Drop the seeds of corn into rows 4 inches apart.
Cover 1/2 to 1 inch with soil, pat down and water.
Corn is ready to harvest when the husks are dark green and the silks are brown.
We grow a large amount of potatoes each year. The past two years we have harvested between 2500 and 3000 pounds of potatoes. Our garden area is to small to use a tractor to hill the potatoes but still a big job by hand.
To save a lot of time hubby built this wonderful potato hiller!
Carrots are a wonderful vegetable to grow. They are easy to store in a root cellar and can and freeze easily.
Carrots need a deep lose soil with out many stones. If you have a harder clay soil type, try digging in some sand. Also look for shorter root carrots that do well in heavy soils.
I have found that carrots grow much better for us in raised beds.
To plant carrots, till the soil.
Make your rows 1 foot apart in a normal garden setting, 3 to 4 inches apart in a raised bed.
Sprinkle seeds 3 inches apart.
Cover with 1/4 inch of soil and water.
To help the germination cover the planted area with a board. This helps keep the sun off the soil, so it stays soft and moist. Once carrots start to sprout remove the board.
Starting your own seeds is so easy! Yet many people are intimidated by it. Here we share a video showing how to start tomato seeds.
Potatoes are an easy crop to grow.
Till the area well, do not add fresh manure this can cause scabbing on the skins.
Cut potatoes into small pieces with 2 or 3 eyes per potato.
Plant 6 to 8 inches apart 4 inches deep.
Cover with soil.
When the plants are 6 inches tall hill the dirt up around them.
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