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 ...

Daniel Mercer never planned to dig anything underground when he first started gardening in his suburban Iowa backyard.

In 2014 we built an earthbag and balecob/strawbale root cellar on our off-grid urban homestead. We’ve been using it since then and last year decided to put a green roof on it as well. This “Part II” ...

As long time homesteaders, we have used various versions of a root cellar to store our fruits and vegetables. Root cellars are an essential way to properly store those precious commodities to retain ...

John Belding at Little Falls Farm in Harrison checks out vegetables stored in his farm's below-ground root cellar with his granddaughter. Credit: Courtesy of Edwin Remsberg Long before the age of ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Shutterstock. A root cellar is a homesteader's secret weapon during their mission to full self-sufficiency. It ...