Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["art corbit" <art_c@cox.net>]

Any root cellar, even concrete lined have a moisture problem. You can't
store potatoes or anything like that in them. The dampness causes the stuff
to rot a lot easier and sprout real quick.

Root cellars were normally built to protect canned food from freezing.
Seeds, dried fruits and stuff of this nature can be kept in a fruit cellar
but must be kept in air tight containers. At one time most people would let
their wood stoves burn out at night and in real cold weather the temp inside
the house would go below freezing. Anything canned in glass jars would
freeze and burst. Not only did you loose the food you also had to clean up a
big mess.

Art in Arkansas


----- Original Message -----
From: "TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>
To: <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 2:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Looking for advice on a few topics


>
> Any drop at all is sufficient for drip, but to get standard pressure you'd
> need about a 40-foot drop. Remember, large animals would empty a tank that
> size in no time.
>
> My only suggestion for reseeding sandy ground is cover it with damp
> finished compost first, and use seed that will surface germinate.  Keep it
> damp, perhaps covered with some kind of fabric a few days.
>
> Root cellars generally need to be down in the ground, like a storm
shelter,
> with airtight covers. I can't say if that would stay cool enough in your
> summer, but I'm sure the cover itself would need shading. And only open it
> at night maybe?
>
>
> paul tradingpost@lobo.net
> listowner
>
> Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.
> --Henry David Thoreau
>
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