One occasionally sees, cut into the side of a hill or lying flat next to a home's foundation, a door in that ground that leads to a drab, potato-colored wonderland of vegetable storage: a root cellar.

Our root-cellar-in-a-box overflows with potatoes. Without a cellar, what’s an approachable way to store my root crops through winter? Build a root vegetable storage box for a small-scale way to ...

When the cold winds start howling and your backyard garden turns into a frozen wasteland, most people assume the fresh harvest season is over. But here’s the secret your great-grandparents knew by ...

Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, and food preservation. Previously, Amanda has worked as a technology strategist specializing in problem solving and ...

Put up the summer’s extra harvest in this easy root cellar. This above-ground root cellar design takes advantage of structurally insulated panels (SIPs) for quick construction. In 2018, we expanded ...

What It Is: Three tiers of root vegetable salads featuring various preservation techniques. The top of the wooden box is striped with pickled carrots and shaved celery in a Seedlip vinaigrette with ...

BISMARCK - Minnie Geiger remembers the time when it was necessary to have a root cellar. "I watch these young girls now go to the store. We didn't have to go to town," she said. "It'd be a cold day in ...