Gary wrote:
> Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> I see that you can cook the sweet potatoes and then store the cooked
>> ones in the freezer. So perhaps that is what I should do. Buy a
>> bunch, cook them all and freeze them.
>
> I wouldn't do that. Just buy enough that you will use in a week.
> Cooked and frozen can't be better than fresh ones.
>
> Storing root crops in your garage is good. I know many people that do
> that. It won't be good in the summer when your garage is hotter than
> inside, but during fall and winter, a garage is the next best thing
> to a root cellar.
>
> Don't worry about rats. heheh You saw only one once. Store your
> things in there and keep your garage door closed. Or put a shelf on
> the wall to store potatoes. Regardless, you'll know if a rat has
> been feasting on your potatoes.

But they are around. My first incident was when I heard one scratching near
my computer. It was actually under the house. The exterminator found an
old mole tunnel that was almost to the house and the rat finished it off.
They were coming around monthly. We had a lot of activity here for a while
after they tore down the farms that were near here.

We are only on quarterly now because there was no activity. But then my
weird neighbor moved out. He mentioned that he had rats. What we didn't
know was that he was a hoarder. Since then there has been much activity at
our traps. And a dead one was found in a trap. So I want to be careful.

The one that actually got into the house was probably 4 or 5 years ago now.
I can't remember exactly.