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Pulled this cabbage out of the root cellar today. Stored for over 7 months. Still in perfect shape. The variety is Red Express. A new favorite for storage.

No one else with a root cellar that wants to share? Maybe there is a BackYardRootCellars.com?

Good luck with your project! It is a major undertaking, but well worth the effort. Thanks for the nice comments everyone.

Passive ventilation. The two black pipes (4" PVC) sticking out of the ground above the cellar are an inlet and outlet. The inlet pipe extends to the floor, and the outlet pipe is flush with the ceiling. There are two rooms inside. Inlet air enters the front room. There is another piece of pipe...

While we were designing our root cellar we referred to the book "Root Cellaring" by Mike and Nancy Bubel. Lots of different approaches to to cold storage presented. We ended up incorporating various ideas into our own design. Of course our plan evolved as we progressed from want to have. It was...

Do any of you other gardeners store your veggies in a root cellar? Here is a picture of ours that was taken today: This will be the third year that we have used it Our food preservation routine has become easier and more efficient. Much less canning and freezing. We also overwinter...