Easy Root Cellar Walls and Roof with SIPs Using my Kubota tractor with a 1-foot bucket, I dug a 14-by-10-foot-wide hole. As I got to about 55 inches deep, just shy of the 5-foot depth I wanted, I ...

Storing crops in a root cellar is a great way to preserve the harvest. But if you don't have one already, don't despair. It's fairly easy to make a space to store vegetables at the proper ...

“The Complete Root Cellar Book” provides 30 easy-to-follow illustrated plans for constructing these naturally cool storage spaces, including root cellar plans for condos, town homes and warm ...

The conditions are just easier than they are for a damp root cellar, so as long as the temperature is 50-60 degrees F and the humidity sits around 60-70%, you’re set; your vegetables can sit in ...

The once common root cellar, considered by some to be a creepy cousin to the basement, fell from popularity after the refrigerator proved to be a productive place to store ...

As we head into November, this is the time when all the careful preparation of the winter root crops for storage pays off. In January, basement crop bins provide the closest thing to a basket full ...

Root cellars keep food at a low temperature and steady humidity. ... “It was an easy place to put everything,” he said. “You didn’t need two or three refrigerators.