Some kind of food storage space is as important to the self reliant gardener as a hoe and shovel. But food storage is also where many people have trouble. While it’s true that millions of homes across ...

I had a banner year for root crops this year, and storage is a problem. For the past few years I had been storing root crops in a spare fridge, or in an old 25-gallon crock with a plywood lid in my ...

Q: How can I get my cold cellar to work properly in my 5-year-old house? In the winter it’s nice and cold, but right now it’s very warm and humid in there. There even seems to be mould growing on the ...

Spring is coming. Sooner for some than for others. I know this because I peeked in my outside cellar stairway and saw many potted plants trying desperately to grow in the dark, throwing out ghostly ...

Tucked in a grassy ridge cutting across the Small Family CSA Farm in La Farge, Wis., is a refrigerator so efficient it requires not a single watt of electricity, yet it can keep some crops chilly for ...

When I was growing up, most rural homes had a pantry, cold room or root cellar, if not all three. Back in the 1950s trips to the neighborhood grocer were fewer and far between since most people “put ...