Burlap Veggie Keepers For LESS

Having our backyard organic garden is wonderful.  I love being able to grow our own food!  I also want to make sure that the food I grow will be usable as long as possible.

I had been looking into buying burlap bags to store my potatoes, onions and even carrots to help  them last.  They were alot more expensive then I thought they would be so.....I decided to do it myself.  I had seen these wonderful wire baskets with the burlap liners in them in a gardening catalog and I decided to try to make those.

I used a 2 shelf wire shelf/basket.  You can get them at Target, Walmart or even check your local dollar store.  The burlap I got from Joann's Fabrics, which if your Sunday paper is like ours, there is a 60% off coupon every week.

I cut and attached the burlap to the wire basket with upholstery thread, leaving a good amount to run across the top and cover as many veggies as I could put in it.  It came out great!!!  It was sooooo much cheaper and now I can store the wonderful things from the garden in a dark cabinet in burlap that will keep them for months!  Hurray!

Give it a shot.  Even if you don't have your own organic garden, it will keep your grocery store potatoes, onions and carrots fresher longer (store each veggie in it's own group).  And we all know how expensive buying organic is!

*for carrots I read that putting damp sand or sawdust in layers will keep them fresh

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