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 ...

Storing vegetables like onions covered with peat moss or sand in plastic totes is one way to replicate root cellar conditions. Credit: Courtesy of Edwin Remsberg Root cellars help to preserve certain ...

John Belding at Little Falls Farm in Harrison checks out vegetables stored in his farm's below-ground root cellar with his granddaughter. Credit: Courtesy of Edwin Remsberg Long before the age of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Building root cellars in basements is a safe way to preserve your harvest. Although not the least labor intensive it will keep your fruits and vegetables fresh for years to come. Of all the ...