Autumn is a season of plenty. Here’s how to store any leftover crop safely and mitigate against a spring shortage. Words: Sheryn Dean When I designed my block, I declared I would grow enough of my own fresh fruit and vegetables year-round that there would be no need to preserve and store. This was wrong. Crops like garlic, onions, and pumpkin produce just once a year. While I may well have fresh fruit, I realised I would get quite sick of eating only citrus all winter and think fondly of the excess nectarines and plums I threw to the pigs