A root cellar is a homesteader's secret weapon during their mission to full self-sufficiency. It provides peace of mind in the face of potential power outages to safely store all that precious produce ...

If you've had a good year, you might have been lucky enough to harvest more crops than you can eat. This means that you need somewhere to store them, which could be a root cellar. A root cellar is a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, and food preservation. Previously, Amanda has worked as a technology strategist specializing in problem solving and ...

Storing vegetables like onions covered with peat moss or sand in plastic totes is one way to replicate root cellar conditions. Credit: Courtesy of Edwin Remsberg Root cellars help to preserve certain ...

The signs of winter are upon us. The World Series is happening. The Nelchina caribou season is open. And yes, there is snow on the ground. Some areas even have enough for snowmachines. But are you ...