Gardening and Animals

1900

Root Cellar

A root cellar is an important part of any country wife’s storage and should be considered at the earliest opportunity. This will make a good temporary root cellar for the beginning homestead. Dig a hole. Make it deep enough for a wooden barrel to sit in completely. Line the hole with straw as an insulator. Store root vegetables, squashes, hard fruits such as apples and the like. Cover the barrel with a lid and then add more straw, then dirt. Mark it well so you may find it when snow flies.