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Useful writing on growing food, preserving it, sharing it, and keeping more life local.
9/9/2026
A cured sweet potato tastes sweeter and keeps for months. This plain guide covers when to dig your sweet potatoes before frost, how to handle them without bruising, how to cure them at home without a special room, and how to store them so they last through winter.
9/9/2026
A cured sweet potato tastes sweeter and keeps for months. This plain guide covers when to dig your sweet potatoes before frost, how to handle them without bruising, how to cure them at home without a special room, and how to store them so they last through winter.
9/2/2026
If you grew winter squash this summer, the difference between a shelf that feeds you all winter and a pile that rots by November comes down to three plain steps: harvest at the right time, cure the fruit the right way, and store it cool and dry. This guide walks through the hard-rind test for ripeness, why most squash should be cured but acorn should not, and how long each type actually keeps.