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.

For an effective root cellar, you need five key components: Ventilation, humidity, darkness, storage bins, and shelter made of earth. Harvest Aprons Image Credit: Shutterstock.

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Root cellars There was a time when you couldn't walk into your neighborhood super store and buy cabbage, apples and carrots during the dead of a Connecticut winter.

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 ...

Root cellars and caves were dug by hand using buckets on ropes to evacuate the dirt. The dirt was emptied above the cellar making a mound for drainage. A 4-inch pipe was centered in the cellar ...

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 ...

Joe Boehm, Minnie's brother, is a potato farmer, and he still keeps potatoes in his root cellar. "It takes a pretty good-sized refrigerator to hold 2,000 pounds of potatoes," he said.

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.