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 ...

Some kind of food storage space is as important to the self reliant gardener as a hoe and shovel. But food storage is also where many people have trouble. While it’s true that millions of homes across ...

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 ...

Root cellars seem to be enjoying a revival as a place to store all that home-grown bounty we are producing in our vegetable gardens and on our fruit trees. It sounds so "Little House on the Prairie." ...

At Food Farm in northern Minnesota, Janaki Fisher-Merritt is getting back to his roots. This second-generation farmer is putting a modern twist on an old-fashioned idea that could help scale up the ...

Root Cellar owners Chelsea and Jake Davis already are veterans of their “ShowMe Food” podcast to keep customers informed about local food options. The couple now has used the video-sharing website ...

QUESTION: Is there some way to build a root cellar in Central Florida? With potatoes costing 99 cents for 5 pounds, I think it would be worthwhile to stock up on these and other root crops. ANSWER: ...