Finally, by popular demand, here is an update of the Root Cellar Chronicles. I say final update because the two remaining squash have since been turned into dinner. I may post occasional things about it as the months wear on. On Sunday afternoon, I headed out to our yard, cleared off the straw, and peeked [...]
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Good news! My roommate pulled out a green pepper from the root cellar, and it was still green and about as fresh as if we’d picked it that day. On my estimate, the vegetables have been in there about six weeks (counting back from the previous post on here). As proof, I took a picture [...]
Finally, after being generally forgetful, I have some pictures of the root cellar to share. My housemate (who actually made it) took them. Here’s a picture of the root cellar itself. The straw is cleared away from the top so we can see the lid. The trash can is buried in the dirt up to [...]
As I previously mentioned, my housemate grabbed this article on Saturday from the Seed Swap and was so inspired by it he made a root cellar in our yard. Turns out it’s fairly easy to do, and he told me it took him less than an hour. Granted, we had all the supplies on hand [...]
