This is how I built a curing station for my potatoes, sweet potatoes, onions and garlic. I will also be drying herbs in it.
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I love this. May not be able to create an entire shed – BUT pieces/parts of it I think I can replicate for certain functions, if that makes sense. Because I need it. I do not have a natural construction background or knowledge of what makes sense in terms of putting 2 pieces of wood together so the visual helps tremendously.
If you don't mind me asking what will you do with the mint after it's dried out
I am so glad to see someone else who uses what we have. This is perfect, and I will be using some of you ideas.
Will rain get in ?
Awesome! Thanks for showing your design. It really gives me some ideas and things to consider.
Wow, that's nice. A great use of all your resources.
great concepts. going to pick and choose the features I want from this… thanks for the inspiration!
If you don't something like this how do you store potatoes and onions in regular home withouta basement?
Gary this is super cool. Unfortunately most homes don’t have basements or root cellars here in California so I usually end up using my shed. Your solution is way tidier!
Not sure if you mentioned it but I’d definitely add some hardware cloth to the vent holes and gaps so rodents don’t get in there and eat your harvest.
Great idea/ design! Being a contractor/cabinet maker I’ll probably be adding some hardware where drawers be on nice heavy stainless steel sliders. I tend to go over kill with everything I build. Just look at my chicken coop and you’ll know what I mean. I get comments like it’s the trump tower for chickens! 😂 Easy got 6 grand just into the coop and that was over 4 years ago before the cost of wood jumped sky high!
I try to do things cheaper, but I never accomplish it yet! 😂
Does the humidity we’ve been having lately affect the curing process?
Gary I totally Love it .🥔🥔🌱 I loved the garden shed you made for garden tools ..
My question is does it matter what the temperature is outside? I'm in Hawaii and I'm unsure if it will be too warm to cure outside in a shed like this. We don't have basements so I have been trying to figure out what I need to do when my onions are ready to harvest. I should also say, I am not in a tropical area of Hawaii. We are in a very dry part so I'm not concerned with the humidity but am concerned that it may be too warm outside since it's warmer than the average root celler temp.
What a great idea. Will certainly borrow some of the principles you've explained.
Hot compost in the empty space. Nice green house effect
Mr. Gary, this is great.This is the first time I've seen someone make this.