My grandfather use to bury potatoes and carrots in a hole covered with plywood. Dig them up in the spring and eat them until the next fall harvest. The would barely start to root towards the end but never rot.

I’ve been rewatching Good Eats and carrots and beets are also happy in cold dirt.

He used playground sand he sifted and heated to 140F/60C and let cool so it’s a bit cleaner. Stashed it in sealed plastic tub in his chill chest.

Also, adding some turnips or rutabagas to your mashed potatoes adds some nice flavor. They take a bit longer to cook but it’s worth it.

Rotting potatoes might just be the foulest odor on earth. Worse than rotting flesh.

I read once that an entire family in Eastern Europe was wiped out by potato fumes. First the mother descended into the root cellar and was overcome. Then each other member one at a time went looking to see where everyone had gone only to succumb each in turn.

I feel like the same applies to growing vegetables. I had a small yet succesful harvest I grew in my somewhat dark room, and oh boy were they good.

My guide for growing potatoes:

1. buy bag of potatoes
2. leave them in the fridge for a few weeks or so
3. stick them in dirt
4. water every now and then
5. dig them up with your bare hands like the animal you are

Does anyone know where this image is from?

And leave them long enough and they start growing. Hardy things.

Potatoes are just fat roots, not vegetables