Hobbit hole root cellar

The Unbelievable Reasons Why You Need To Create Your Own DIY Backyard Root Cellar - Root cellars are one of the first ways that humans were able to store food, long before electricity was even a flicker in Thomas Edison’s mind. Folks today are still building their very own root cellars as DIY alternatives to the ordinary indoor fridge — and it’s surprisingly easy!

Do you want to store your harvest fresh without electricity? Here are 25 DIY root cellar plans and design ideas that you can build in your backyard.

A behind the scenes tour of our Dahlia tuber root cellar.

Door to my straw bale house.

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"That is totally freaking awesome! I would LOVE to have this in my backyard!" said a reader: You'll be so happy you saw this! Last Christmas my family visited Hobbiton, the movie set where they filmed part of the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings movies.

Building a Homestead Root Cellar by Brian Thomas and Teri Page. A step by step how-to guide to building your own concrete block walk-out root cellar.

Root cellars are an old fashioned way to keep food fresh without modern refrigeration. Insulated by the ground, a properly made root cellar will stay at "refrigerator" temperature year round, even in the heat of

A peculiar auction item results in the coolest back yard ever.

Ready to learn about root cellaring? This article will teach you about root cellaring, ideal conditions, how to store food in a root cellar.