Making your own: root cellar

While root cellars might not do much to increase your personal efficiency, they will help you become more self-sufficient. Much of your garden produce can be stored in a root cellar… if you have one, so here are several links with different ideas for building your own out of materials you might just have on hand!

• The Pallet Root Cellar

• THIS site has lots of info about different types of root cellars, but not too much about building your own. However, it looks very helpful.

• Build Your Own Underground Root Cellar, by Phyllis Hobson, looks like a really good resource as well. HERE

• More root cellar tips HERE.

• Thefoodguys.com has a clever variation on traditional root cellars.