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A Custom-Made Root Cellar

Root cellars are as practical today as they were in the past. Learn how to build your own root cellar.

Read about constructing a root cellar--complete with a shed over the top!

In this online exclusive you'll also find tips for storing your produce and other items underground. The article "Putting Down Roots," which appeared in the September/October 2008 issue of Hobby Farms, offers even more advice.

Read a related article: "Produce Bound Underground" by Rick Gush.

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A Custom-Made Root Cellar

Reader Comments

We fitted two 6-foot long vinyl pipes, 4-foot in diameter, into two of the four aeration holes on the short end...

But the aeration holes are only 4-inch holes???

Teeno, Spring Hill, FL
Posted: 5/17/2013 9:09:42 AM

Really love the structure portrayed in the plan.
I'm going to try to persuade a friend to build one exactly like that (or, close to it) in her property of about 10 acres. At 37 years old, she's actually becoming to be an avid gardener. I don't think I will have to work hard convincing her.

Thank you for the information.

Dante, Hyde Park, MA
Posted: 1/8/2013 5:50:19 PM

Would like more infor on root cellar construction would like to put one either in my cellar or in the shed which is aproxamitly 10 yrds from my house it would be very helpful if you would send me a little bit of info

Doug, Womelsdorf, PA
Posted: 10/14/2012 11:29:19 AM

Hi Thomas,

If you click on the picture above, you'll be redirected to a PDF which contains a more in-depth article on building a root cellar. You can also click on the link "Produce Bound Underground" for background information on root cellars and things to consider before building.

Hobby Farms editor, Lexington, KY
Posted: 2/29/2012 7:48:16 AM

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