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 ...

Imagine being able to enjoy fresh, organic produce year-round. Now imagine the same without having to pay outrageous off-season grocery store or farmer’s market prices. What you have just imagined is ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 temperature ...

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 ...

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 ...

One occasionally sees, cut into the side of a hill or lying flat next to a home's foundation, a door in that ground that ...

Rutabagas wrapped in newspaper in brown paper bags, carrots and radishes from the garden, canned tomatoes, apples, peaches, pears. She never had to go to the store for anything, Klugh said. She d just ...

Tucked in a grassy ridge cutting across the Small Family CSA Farm in La Farge, Wis., is a refrigerator so efficient it requires not a single watt of electricity, yet it can keep some crops chilly for ...