Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Nancy Babbitt <nbabbitt2003@adelphia.net>]

I understand that root cellars are a way of storing ROOT crops that  
need to be kept moist such as potatoes and carrots.  Here's a link  
about storing fruits and vegetables.  There are many more just for  
googling.

http://cru.cahe.wsu.edu/CEPublications/eb1326/eb1326.pdfOn Jul 21,  
2006, at 4:27 PM, art corbit wrote:

nancy

> 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
>
>
> > 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?