What does it say about our society that a video touting a prefab root cellar built by a trendy Dutch designer has been viewed 1.8 million times? That people are more paranoid about the coming ...

I am in the process of writing and producing a university peer-reviewed publication on root cellars for the Intermountain West. And I thought it would be fitting and interesting to share a few of the ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People often talk about “the good old days.” However, sometimes conditions were not that great back then. Several of the pictures ...

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 ...

Use these plans to construct your own DIY root cellar. Cold storage is the best way to store potatoes and onions, and even certain fruit and leafy greens! Root cellars are as useful today as ever. In ...

For generations, people in Alaska’s far-north whaling villages have relied on hand-built ice cellars dug deep into the permafrost to age their subsistence food to perfection and keep it cold ...