A refrigerator in spring and summer, a safe-from-freezing pantry in fall and winter, and a man-made cave dug into a hillside and sealed shut with thick double doors … root cellars were all of those ...

Root cellars — a common feature of early American homes — are gaining new favor as food and energy prices surge, and also as homeowners discover how much better locally grown produce tastes. Whether ...

John Belding at Little Falls Farm in Harrison checks out vegetables stored in his farm's below-ground root cellar with his granddaughter. Credit: Courtesy of Edwin Remsberg Long before the age of ...

Potatoes stored in a root cellar are one of the most reliable ingredients you can have on hand. They last a long time, stay versatile, and work for meals any day of the week. This post focuses on ...

The Heller Homestead in Lower Saucon Township is in need of repairs to its roof, floor and root cellar and township officials plan to obtain cost estimates for the work. The historic township-owned ...

THE OLD “Swanson’s Tree Farm” sign still stands at a curve of the long, winding road into a 200-acre historic Whidbey Island property of bluffs, beaches and forests. Stan Swanson grew up on the ...

Shocked to find a bear den near the Counter family's Colorado homestead, the Raneys build an old school root cellar and innovative greenhouse and attempt to inspire two off-grid reluctant teenage ...