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 ...

Put up the summer’s extra harvest in this easy root cellar. This above-ground root cellar design takes advantage of structurally insulated panels (SIPs) for quick construction. In 2018, we expanded ...

Make this root cellar by burying a new concrete septic tank into a hillside. Stow your surplus with these underground root cellar plans. This modern root cellar design turns a never-used septic tank ...

Storage of winter vegetables might not seem like a compelling issue if you don’t have a root cellar, and let’s establish the fact that few of you do — at least not in the sense of a cavern dug into ...

Creating a cellar for food storage is an ideal method for many reasons: an underground chamber doesn’t see much temperature fluctuation, and during the colder months the conditions within will be nice ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. While most of us aren’t going to move to an acreage to build out a homestead, there are tiny bits of the lifestyle that can help you save money, grow ...

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 ...

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 ...

I once had the opportunity to "visit" a root cellar when I lived in West Virginia. It was built into a small hill and had lots of rock, dirt and sod as insulation. A root cellar is just that - a ...

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 ...