A Root Cellar for your Homestead: Part 1: Root Cellar for the Homestead, Part I

» Renie_Burghardt - Root Cellar for the Homestead, Part I

Hi Victoria, what an informative article. I had an underground root cellar at my other farm, and I loved it. However, here I don't have one, unfortunately. That above the ground root cellar sounds great! One year, when I had a bumper crop of potatoes, I piled them in a large, new, plastic garbage can, (or whatever they are made out of these days) which we buried (my son helped there) and putting the top on, I piled hay on top of that, and the potatoes stayed good until spring. I have a basement now, which stays cool, and is good for apples and pears, but it does not have a dirt floor, so it wouldn't work for vegetables. I think I'd like to try that above the ground root cellar. Will look into that.

Thank you for an informative article. Looking forward to part 2. Take care now!

Renie

-- posted by Renie_Burghardt