DIY Root Cellar: Cold Storage Basics You can learn the basics of root cellaring, including humidity, ventilation, temperature and storage and have fresh produce all year!

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 ...

Storing crops in a root cellar is a great way to preserve the harvest. But if you don't have one already, don't despair. It's fairly easy to make a space to store vegetables at the proper ...

The conditions are just easier than they are for a damp root cellar, so as long as the temperature is 50-60 degrees F and the humidity sits around 60-70%, you’re set; your vegetables can sit in ...

The once common root cellar, considered by some to be a creepy cousin to the basement, fell from popularity after the refrigerator proved to be a productive place to store ...

Making a small payment and boxing up the food that they and others bring home is meant to help maintain dignity and build resilience.

In the days before electricity came to rural areas in the early 1950s, all farm homes had either root cellars or caves for storing canned goods and vegetables. Caves were ...

The root cellar was built in the 1950s, but hasn't been recently used. Mike McCleary Minnie Geiger used root cellars for most of her life on the family farm in Morton County.

Root cellars still popular with some ND residents BISMARCK - Minnie Geiger remembers the time when it was necessary to have a root cellar. "I watch these young girls now go to the store.