A root cellar is a homesteader's secret weapon during their mission to full self-sufficiency. It provides peace of mind in the face of potential power outages to safely store all that precious produce ...

I had a banner year for root crops this year, and storage is a problem. For the past few years I had been storing root crops in a spare fridge, or in an old 25-gallon crock with a plywood lid in my ...

If you've had a good year, you might have been lucky enough to harvest more crops than you can eat. This means that you need somewhere to store them, which could be a root cellar. A root cellar is a ...

I once had the opportunity to "visit" a root cellar when I lived in West Virginia. It was built into a small hill and had lots of rock, dirt and sod as insulation. A root cellar is just that - a ...

Home gardening continues to grow in popularity, with Gen Z and Millenials increasing their efforts to adopt gardening as part of their seasonal lifestyle. While it's easy to get excited about ...

As long time homesteaders, we have used various versions of a root cellar to store our fruits and vegetables. Root cellars are an essential way to properly store those precious commodities to retain ...

The idea of a root cellar may seem antiquated, but as Steve Maxwell and Jennifer MacKenzie point out, “The true test of an idea is how durable it is, and root clears have proven to be a surprisingly ...

Knapp, who runs Offbeet Farm in Fairbanks, Alaska, debuts with a comprehensive manual on how to harvest, process, and store beets, kale, potatoes, and several other hardy vegetables so they can be ...

The Deep Roots Food Hub (DRFH), a group in West Carleton committed to creating a more secure and sustainable food system, wanted to build a root cellar that small-scale farmers could rent to store ...