I live about 40 minutes from NYC in an apartment where I have a tiny front yard and a tiny back yard. I've been successful with growing herbs and flowers, but I don't have enough space to grow vegetables and fruit-- so I usually rely on going to my farmer's market and buying fruits and veggies there.
Here's the problem though--- the market is about 20 minutes away and with my 4Runner it uses up a lot of gas so I can't head that way too often. But I also can't stock up on fresh fruit and veggies because after 4-5 days they go bad.
Is there any trick or method to keeping things like tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, peppers, apples, oranges, and bananas from going bad so quickly?
Here's the problem though--- the market is about 20 minutes away and with my 4Runner it uses up a lot of gas so I can't head that way too often. But I also can't stock up on fresh fruit and veggies because after 4-5 days they go bad.
Is there any trick or method to keeping things like tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, peppers, apples, oranges, and bananas from going bad so quickly?