You don't need a traditional root cellar to keep more food from your garden through winter. Learn how to store your harvest ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

I have been asked many times this year by reporters and others if more and more folks are choosing to can their own food this growing season. Jarden Home Brands say they have seen an increase of 28 ...

is a valuable guide to anyone considering adding a root cellar to their home. A root cellar is a cool, usually humid area that is used to store fruits, vegetables, nuts, etc., for weeks or months and ...

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 of ...

We should be displaying our garden produce the way hunters display deer heads. Pulling a humongous carrot from your own garden is no small feat. However, trying to figure out what to do with 40 pounds ...

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Imagine stepping into a cool underground cellar in the dead of winter and pulling out fresh, crisp vegetables like they were just harvested yesterday. No grocery store runs, no bags of wilted greens, ...