The shelves of canned tomatoes, pickles, beans and corn lent a colorful vista to the pantries of many homes. Although my mother didn’t can, her younger sister, my favorite aunt, did.

But the most common low-budget root cellar option, particularly for USDA hardiness zones 6 and 9, is the buried trash can. Even within the underground garbage can world, there are many variations.

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 ...

Our Maine Root Cellar Our first attempt at a root cellar was in Maine over 40 years ago. I had built an insulated pantry with a door as part of the kitchen.

Besides, if you do it right, there won’t be any offending smell. Root Cellars Image Credit: HeritageNL – CCA SA 4.0/WikiCommons. Root cellars are a great way to practice urban homesteading.

Growing up, it was my magical happy place, full of fermented vegetables and more. Now, it was a bomb shelter.

Minnie Geiger remembers the time when it was necessary to have a root cellar. “I watch these young girls now go to the store. We didn’t have to go to town,” she said. “It’d be a cold day ...

When I was growing up in Ukraine, every time I stayed at my grandmother’s house, we would go into her root cellar to pick something delicious for our next meal. She would open the creaky door… ...

LEWISTON — The Root Cellar at 89 Birch St. in the city’s dense residential area may be a religious community center, but it has also become a critical lifeline to immigrants needing to learn ...

Located in an imposing 115-year-old brick building that began life as Batesburg's town pharmacy, this Root Cellar is a spin-off of the original Root Cellar, which opened in Lexington in 2016.