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As best I know the potatoes will do better with a moderatley moist atmosphere and as close to 35-40 degress as you can...we are never able to store them that cool, but they keep pretty good anyway, but the well pump room sounds good for them. Milk crates sometimes can be gotten from grocers...

Lupinfarm I see no reason that would not work, should be a good place to store them.....close enough to a root cellar!! :) Ohiofarmgirl....LOL..we only planted 50 lbs of seed potatoes...we were shocked, our best potato year EVER! They were everywhere...may everyone have a bountinful harvest...

This is what works for us...last year we harvested 1000 lbs. of potatoes, we put them on the concrete floor in our basement to dry with a fan on them for several days and watch for bad ones. Then we leave them there (our air conditioner is running during this time) and they dry out a bit more...

Another good place to find jars is at auctions!! I picked up a pickuptruck load...all we could get in it and still left some behind for a $1.50...they had old food in them,(guess thats why no one wanted them... but we emptied them out and it helped my jar "stash" tremendously. I also buy...

Just thought I would make a note....all my mom used for her laundry was 1/2 bar of Fels Naptha for as long as I can remember in her wringer washer....she's 91...takes only 1 heart pill a day and still helps feed the chickens.....so if there is something in it, it can't be toooo bad I...

If you are going for a soup type mixture, cook it up, ladle in the jars, process 90 minutes at 10 lbs. pressure. Thats for quarts, I do soups like this often, chili too......good luck!!