Gardening

Denninmi

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6. Greenbags are specially treated storage bags for produce.

Mon Dec 19, 2011, 01:42 PM

Dec 2011

They have a compound in them that absorbs ethylene, the gas that makes produce rot. They work great. I buy a dollar store generic version that is about a tenth of the cost of the original Debby Meyer brand. They really extend the life of produce in the fridge -- I've kept things like lettuce about 4 weeks, and apples and pears for a year, nice and fresh.

Pretty much any grocery store will have some version of these now -- the major manufacturers like Glad and Reynolds have hopped on the bandwagon. Dollar stores sell a generic version as I said. Kroger stores here now even have a version of these in the produce department for the bulk items, but they are thinner than the purchased version.

http://www.amazon.com/Debbie-Meyer-20317-Green-Bags/dp/B0011TMP3Y

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A rather rare occurrence in Michigan for December. I'm going to harvest leeks tomorrow. [View all] Denninmi Dec 2011 OP

Oh, I can taste that potato leek soup now....loaf of warm crusty bread.... NRaleighLiberal Dec 2011 #1

Well, I have hundreds of them. Most of them are feral. Denninmi Dec 2011 #2

You go out into your yard and just take a leeK!?? Vanje Dec 2011 #3

Well, I do try to be discrete. Denninmi Dec 2011 #4

Yeah, I like my leeks too, but I(NC) don't get the real hard freeze like Michigan... dmosh42 Dec 2011 #5

Greenbags are specially treated storage bags for produce. Denninmi Dec 2011 #6

Ok, thanks for the tip. I'll give them a try. dmosh42 Dec 2011 #7

I harvested ten onions yesterday Kolesar Dec 2011 #8