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  • From: "Mike Emers" <rosie-ck AT mosquitonet.com>
  • To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] storage
  • Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 14:02:48 -0900

Hi David

 

Here is an excerpt from that email:

 

We considered doing what our friends did for storing their root crops.  They dig a hole and put half a connex (shipping container) in it.  The half connex is 8 x8x 20ft long.  It’s buried 4 feet deep and the dirt out of the hole was piled on top, then a layer of straw bales was placed on top of that and they built a pole shed over the whole thing.  Very ingenious.  The half connex cost $1500 and then all it took was $500 to rent a loader for the day to do dirt work.  No energy costs except one lonely light bulb on the ceiling.  With the cool Alaska soils, it stays around 40 degrees in there all summer and doesn’t freeze until December when the outside temps are dipping from minus 20 to minus 40.  We decided not to go that route, mostly because we wanted to regulate the temperature better for our cut flowers and we didn’t want to be going up and down a ramp all day.  We will probably build a similar root cellar in the future as we expand and need more long-term storage. 

 

 

If you’re interested in more info try contacting Pete and Lynn at spinachcreek AT gci.net  - I’m sure they’d be happy to tell you just how they did it and how it works.  Tell them Mike at Rosie Creek sent you.

 

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of David Tannen
Sent:
Sunday, February 19, 2006 9:14 AM
To: Market Farming
Subject: [Market-farming] storage

 

I seem to remember a recent post describing the burying of a shipping container or trailer for use as a root cellar.  I can't seem to find it.  If you are out there please repost.  Thanks.

 

David   




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