A root cellar is a homesteader’s secret weapon during their mission to full self-sufficiency. It provides peace of mind in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Home gardening continues to grow in popularity, with Gen Z and Millenials increasing their efforts to adopt gardening as part of their seasonal lifestyle. While it's easy to get excited about ...

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, ...

I had a banner year for root crops this year, and storage is a problem. For the past few years I had been storing root crops in a spare fridge, or in an old 25-gallon crock with a plywood lid in my ...

Our root-cellar-in-a-box overflows with potatoes. Without a cellar, what’s an approachable way to store my root crops through winter? Build a root vegetable storage box for a small-scale way to ...

When I was growing up, most rural homes had a pantry, cold room or root cellar, if not all three. Back in the 1950s trips to the neighborhood grocer were fewer and far between since most people “put ...

I know I’m not the only gardener who would love to pull fresh herbs and veggies from my raised beds year-round. Unfortunately, my Zone 4 garden is usually under a foot (or more) of snow for several ...