We’re giddy. Our root cellar is done! That’s right, we’ve moved many of our supplies from the nooks and crannies of our home into our root cellar. That lamp oil that was shoved behind the t...
https://preppingtosurvive.com/2012/09/18/on-top-of-the-root-cellar/
It’s been quite a while since our last update on the roots cellar. That doesn’t mean that the project has stalled. In fact, just the opposite. Construction has been completed! We’re excited...
https://preppingtosurvive.com/2012/07/30/a-damp-root-cellar/
Winter is rapidly yielding to spring and work on our new root cellar continues. The progress has been slower than we had originally hoped, but we’re still scheduled to have it completed prior t...
https://preppingtosurvive.com/2012/04/13/covering-the-root-cellar/
On one of the few non-rainy days this winter, I got a chance to get some more pictures of the root cellar’s progress. Here you can see that the outside of the extra-thick block walls have bee...
https://preppingtosurvive.com/2012/03/15/building-the-walls-of-the-root-cellar/
Truck after truck slowly lumbered up our quarter mile driveway to our house, each delivering an integral component for our what will soon be our primary long-term food storage location. A Cement ...
https://preppingtosurvive.com/2012/02/23/pouring-the-foundation-of-the-root-cellar/
The large F-450 comes rumbling up the driveway with a trailer in tow; it carries the black and yellow Case backhoe that will unearth the root cellar that Laura and I have been planning for severa...
https://preppingtosurvive.com/2012/01/30/breaking-ground-on-the-root-cellar/
We have been reading and planning and saving for a root cellar for years now. This has been an important part of our long-range plan for food security. About a week ago, we finally broke grou...
https://preppingtosurvive.com/2011/12/13/the-benefits-of-a-root-cellar/