Few veggies boast the versatility of the humble carrot: Their satisfying crunch makes ‘em a favorite snack, no stew or soup would be the same without the mild sweetness they impart, and their ...

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.

I once had the opportunity to "visit" a root cellar when I lived in West Virginia. It was built into a small hill and had lots of rock, dirt and sod as insulation. A root cellar is just that - a ...

As long time homesteaders, we have used various versions of a root cellar to store our fruits and vegetables. Root cellars are an essential way to properly store those precious commodities to retain ...

Root cellars seem to be enjoying a revival as a place to store all that home-grown bounty we are producing in our vegetable gardens and on our fruit trees. It sounds so "Little House on the Prairie." ...

Spring starts with a bang around here — planting seeds, preparing beds, mulching and weeding. Throughout the summer we enjoy fresh greens, ripe strawberries, and the incomparable BLT (with our own ...

The signs of winter are upon us. The World Series is happening. The Nelchina caribou season is open. And yes, there is snow on the ground. Some areas even have enough for snowmachines. But are you ...

At Food Farm in northern Minnesota, Janaki Fisher-Merritt is getting back to his roots. This second-generation farmer is putting a modern twist on an old-fashioned idea that could help scale up the ...

It’s the perfect design for growing your own uber-local produce. The Groundfridge is a high-tech hole in the ground. The modern-day root cellar needs a fair-sized garden to accommodate it, but you’ll ...