As we head into November, this is the time when all the careful preparation of the winter root crops for storage pays off. In January, basement crop bins provide the closest thing to a basket full of ...

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 ...

Make this root cellar by burying a new concrete septic tank into a hillside. Stow your surplus with these underground root cellar plans. This modern root cellar design turns a never-used septic tank ...

Here are a few tips about buying and storing root vegetables: • When shopping, look for root vegetables with firm flesh and smooth skin. Avoid any that have mushy spots. Smaller veggies usually taste ...

Tucked in a grassy ridge cutting across the Small Family CSA Farm in La Farge, Wis., is a refrigerator so efficient it requires not a single watt of electricity, yet it can keep some crops chilly for ...