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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

Exactly.  Canned goods and dry goods do NOT like damp, humid conditions.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>


> >Probably your concern is freezing, is it not?  Realize that in the Deep
> South, where Bob is likely from, winter temps barely get below freezing,
> and a cellar, insulated by dirt, would be far warmer than the >outside.
>
> If a root cellar stays warm, I guess there's no point in having one. I
> wonder where you would store things like potatoes and winter squash, that
> like cool, slightly humid conditions?
>
> Root cellars should never freeze...that ruins winter squash and a lot of
> other things. Root cellars here are cool (but above freezing) and fairly
> humid; more humid than I would like to store canned or dry foods. I guess
> that also isn't a problem where Bob is.
>
> Lynn Wigglesworth
> Tioga Co. PA
>
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