Building a Homestead Root Cellar by Brian Thomas and Teri Page. A step by step how-to guide to building your own concrete block walk-out root cellar.
A root cellar is a traditional and eco-friendly solution for storing fruits, vegetables, and other perishable items without relying on refrigeration. By creating a cool, dark, and humid environment, a root cellar can help extend the shelf life of your harvest, reduce food waste, and save on energy costs. In this articl
There are so many people around the country offering great advice for us on how to enjoy healthy food. Lucy Boggs of Boulder, Colorado posted information about how to keep apples through the year.…
Now that we are in December and the garden and preserving is pretty quiet, it’s perfect timing to reflect on the 2019…
The humble wooden pallet, which in its original form is used for transporting materials, is an upcycler's best friend; cheap, readily available and made
Food storage via canning, freezing, dehydrating (drying food), fermenting, root cellaring. Emergency food storage. Stocking up.
A recent refurb at Tswalu Kalahari – the biggest privately owned reserve in South Africa – has given the Tarkuni Homestead a makeover that both looks to the future and honours tradition. And then there’s the breathtaking restaurant Klein Jan...
Here are some modern root cellar designs, basement root cellars as well as underground root cellar plans. What vegetables you can store and for how long
Store your "keeper' crops — your apples, winter squash, onions and potatoes — on this rustic wooden racks. With 6 sliding drawers, each are slatted to ensure good air circulation. Perfect for drying herbs, too. -Untreated, rough-cut Chinese fir -23-1/2" square x 39-1/2" H -Place in a cool, dry area -Gardener's Supply Exclusive
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Learn how to make a root cellar in a basement with tips for new construction or retrofit, plus storage ideas and a printable storage guide for over 30 fruits and veggies.
The basement is the perfect place to build a cold room to keep your food supplies at a low temperature and steady humidity.
Whenever we go apple picking, we get a little carried away. How many families can eat three bushel baskets of fruit before it goes bad? Solution: storage r
Don't let your basement become a dumping ground for all the things you don't know what to do with. Get inspired with these smart basement organization tips!
Discover the easy ways on how to build a root cellar from an old refrigerator. Be surprisingly creative and practical.
From top to bottom: Squeeze's homemade wine, tomatoes under paper grape jam, tomato sauce, salsa, fermented veg (salsa, cukes, sauerkraut, pickled beets) apples, apple sauce apples Another view Top shelf: tomato soup, tomato sauce, misc., another wine rack A view from the back: carrots, cabbages potatoes Wenk's Yellow Hots (hanging) And a bonus shot: Our basement wood burner, which is hooked to the forced-air heating system Notice the straw-filled nest in the window (Squeeze loves his kitties) * * * The basement has a chute to toss the wood down vs. hauling it in and down the stairs The square piece of wood is packing wood (oak!) -- a business Squeeze goes to discards it almost every week MAY 2016 EDIT: This post gets a lot of hits. (Hooray for root cellars!) (They are the greatest.) Click on the years below to see more recent pictures of our root cellar. It has gained in stature quite a bit in the last seven years. Though I see I haven't posted pictures since 2013. Goodness. That was the year that I really caught my stride. 2011 2012 2013 My food preservation notes. (Though now I would put almost everything in the freezer section over to the dehydrator.) (I love-love-love my dehydrator.)
Whenever we go apple picking, we get a little carried away. How many families can eat three bushel baskets of fruit before it goes bad? Solution: storage r
Many people assume that fruits aren’t safe to store in a root cellar but that's not it. Here are tips for storing fruit in the root cellar.
Wondering how to build a root cellar to store your fruit and vegetables? Learn the different types of root cellars, how to build one and how to store your harvest.
Learn how to use a root cellar or dry storage for storing your produce. They're an easy way to keep food for the winter months, no processing necessary!
Many people assume that fruits aren’t safe to store in a root cellar but that's not it. Here are tips for storing fruit in the root cellar.
Preserve fresh fruit and vegetables throughout the winter months by utilizing a method called “cold storage". No fridge, no problem!
A root cellar is a traditional and eco-friendly solution for storing fruits, vegetables, and other perishable items without relying on refrigeration. By creating a cool, dark, and humid environment, a root cellar can help extend the shelf life of your harvest, reduce food waste, and save on energy costs. In this articl
Preserve fresh fruit and vegetables throughout the winter months by utilizing a method called “cold storage". No fridge, no problem!
Root cellars are time-tested ways to keep many types of garden produce without electricity. Store whole fruits and vegetables all winter long!
Learn how to grow a variety of delicious fruits, vegetables, and herbs indoors all year-round with these tips for container gardening.
A homemade root cellar is the perfect way to successfully store fresh fruits and vegetables. Here are 3 great options to create great storage space!
I'll admit, I have a lot of romantic notions about a root cellar. I'd love to build one, a real one, dug deep into a hillside here on the homestead. Unfortunately, our land has a
Learn 13 time-honored root cellar alternatives so you can store your homegrown veggies long-term without having to dig your own cellar.
Whenever we go apple picking, we get a little carried away. How many families can eat three bushel baskets of fruit before it goes bad? Solution: storage r
