I don't know why my reply never came through - maybe I never sent it -
getting scatter-brained lately )

Anyway, you can simply take it and put it in a bucket of damp sand ,
cover it, and place that in a cool space ( like a garage). It will
keep all winter like that. I grow horseradish and use a five gallon
bucket to store roots this way. Just dig it out of the bucket when
you want it , clean it up, peal and grate.

I have also frozen the entire root (have erad you can do this) but it
dries out too fast and looses flavor.

You could plant it and start your own plot. It will take two years to
get a usable crop but is worth it (and it never goes away after that).
Cut up into two inch rootlets and plant at least six about 4 inches
underground. In a couple years, you can just go to your plot when
you want some fresh (unless the ground is frozen - in which case you
should plan ahead and put some in buckets in late fall).

Hope this helps.

Eric


On Tue, 2 Jan 2007 11:41:14 -0500, yetanotherBob
> wrote:

>In article >,
>says...
>>
>> Have you considered planting it? (before it's grated, I mean)
>>
>> Bob
>>
>Thanks for the suggestion.
>
>Actually, that never occurred to me, but the discussion in response to
>my posting over in the r.f.c. newsgroup made it abundantly clear that
>planting it should be possible. Some useful cautionary information was
>also provided. I intend to give it a try.
>
>Bob