If you're ready to build a root cellar, here's what you need to know. 1. Dig a Hole. You can do this yourself with a shovel, or you can hire someone skilled with a backhoe to do it for you.

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 ...

The drawings in the slideshow illustrate how to build a root cellar retaining wall using 6-by-6 timbers, with a lintel across the top to stop backfilled soil from falling down over the door.

How to Build a Basement Root Cellar. After you’ve picked your cellar location and replaced the window glass with a solid panel that accommodates the vent pipes, turn your attention to the walls.

Creating a cellar for food storage is an ideal method for many reasons: an underground chamber doesn’t see much temperature fluctuation, and during the colder months the conditions within will ...

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 ...

SKOWHEGAN — University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a free introductory workshop on designing, constructing and maintaining root cellars for winter food storage 5:30-7:30 p.m ...

If you are contemplating starting a small farm, or have been toying with the idea of building a root cellar so you can store enough of your garden’s produce to feed you all winter long ...

You don't even need an actual cellar. "Anyone can build a wine cellar with any budget or with any wine knowledge level," said Sylvia Ba, sommelier and wine consultant for VinoVoss.