Earthbag Root Cellar | Storing a Year's Worth of Food
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- With canning season coming to an end, we bring you into our underground root cellar to check out how our off grid food storage solution is faring and to tour our inventory of food.
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WOW! YOU ARE AMAZING!
Things stored in root cellar: Potatoes (several shelves), carrots (in tubs of wood shavings), Apples (in tub), beets, leeks, a cabbage
(no dry goods, garlic, onions, squashes)....THEN about 550 cans total of
- 110 cans of salmon
o Pink salmon
o Brine salmon
o Red salmon
o Smoked salmon
- Wanted to get a moose but No moose ): so fewer jars than if had gotten a moose
- Chicken stock
- Celery stock (celery, onion, herbs) - primarily for soup
- Pasta sauce
- Tomato sauce
- Lard
- Applesauce
- Zucchini bread
- Green salsa
- Canned greens
- Canned green beans
- Canned green beans with onions and carrots
- Purple carrots and parsnips
- carrots
- Sauerkraut
- Dill, kolrhabi, califower (light pickle mixture)
- Relish
- Pickled onions, cauliflower, and carrots
- Cowboy candy marinade
- Cowboy candy Jalepenos
- Banana peppers (pepperoncini)
- Apple jelly
- Blueberry fireweed jelly
- Elderberry syrup
- Fireweed jelly
- WBRHJ - watermelon, berry, rose hip jelly
- Blueberry and crowberry jelly
- Cole slaw mixture (collards, carrots, kohlrabi, red cabbage)
- Pickled green beans
- Garden antipasti (olive oil and vinegar marinaded with veggies - carrot, eggplant, onions, peppers, herbs)
- Sweet pickle with honey, onions, herbs, and dikon radish
- Pickles (cucumbers)-basic dill recipe
R. Price that is very helpful! Thank you so much for taking the time to do this! 😀
Simple Living Alaska Next year , can she please teach us , how to cook 👨🍳 and can , food please 🙀. Love your wife. Thanks 🙏
@@SimpleLivingAlaska your root cellar looks great. I would recommend that you put some type of none skid grip on your ladder stairs so if you have snow on the bottom of your boots you do not slip while climbing or descending the stairs in the winter. (look into skate board grip or even putting sand in paint then paint the stairs). Your summer hard work paid off. Great job.
Simple Living Alaska Can u store vegetables without using wood shavings?
@@tammybrennan9506 I'm pretty sure that you can use damp sand instead of wood shavings for the carrots.
Plant grass on the top of the root cellar to stop the erosion
..with lots of wildflowers :)
A hobbit hole
Good idea
'Grocery shopping' in your own root cellar 'shop' - how fantastic!!!
As a family you both should be nothing short of proud of yourself, as a person born and raised in a large city, it is awesome to see how you "live of the land", with the skills of alot of lost generations, keep up the good work, that video you shared was awesome for you to share with my family
You guys rocked it this summer. A root cellar is better then money in the bank!
Hey Guys!
I've just finished winterizing my cottage in northern Ontario, Canada, to live here with my dog Hank, and my cat Bob full time. What a task, and a lot of work, so the only thing I've done outside is build a huge compost bin. I'm planning out my veggie garden for next year, and so excited! I've made my own sauerkraut, canned peppers, and just made broccoli sprouts over the past week. I know, sounds simple, but it's a start! Lol This is my first time commenting, but I've been watching your videos for a couple of months. You are a huge inspiration! I'm 51, and I've been dreaming about living here full time for 30 years, and you guys have taught me so much about living off the land, and off grid! I look forward to your videos, so keep 'em coming!
Thanks,
Tiina 😊❤🇨🇦
Kristiina GypsySoul wow, you totally rock...from a fellow Canuck 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
@@colleenmcintosh6974 Thanks! Lol 😊❤🇨🇦
Kristiina GypsySoul started a huge veggie, fruit and herb garden last year and I loved it. Been preserving my harvest by water bath canning, dehydrating, vacuum sealing, fermenting and baking up a storm. Lol, we may never fit our jeans again but the food is amazing and it’s so gratifying to grow, harvest and preserve your own fruit of your labour. Working on self sufficiency and stuff (😉😉😉) is our goal and we want to be as independent as possible. Congratulations for taking it to the next level....you are living the dream!
You guys make me wish I wasn't 71. I became a disciple of Dick Proennecke when I was a home improvement writer and even went as far as pricing logs for a cabin when I was in Haines 10 years ago. Thanks for letting me live vicariously through the two of you.
God I wish I had a couple like you as my neighbors. You guys rock!
IKR!!!? 👍
Yes they r amazing
Ikr
Right: lol
You guys put in a lot of work what great job 👍👍
Holy cow you two are so organized and efficient. You make it look so easy but it has to be a monstrous amount of work.
This video and the one where you built the root cellar are a few of my favorites so far. But it went by so fast, it was hard to concentrate on the details. But I know it's best to show us this way. Very exciting! Sure a lot of delicious food. Thanks so much for letting us watch and enjoy.
Just poured out 500 jars that were 8-10 years old. Going to can sweet potatoes...dug @ 805 lbs. so I'll can some. You two have done an amazing job. Your channel is an inspiration. Love me some canning and gardening.. THANK YOU ! 💝 P. S. (THIEVES OIL IN A DIFFUSER DESTROYS MOLD.... YOU MIGHT CONSIDER A SMOKEHOUSE )
Hi love your root cellar. I have a tip for you my grandfather use to do. He got 3 large 30 gallon trash cans and filled one up all the way with good quality sand. In the other two trash cans he stored his root vegetables (potatoes,carrots, ) he put a layer of sand on the bottom of each can, then a layer of vegetables, then sand, then vegetables alternating between sand and vegetables till each can was filled . With the top layer being sand. He used the sand from the first can that was filled with sand at the beginning. You see the idea is as you go thru the winter retrieving your veggies you are emptying the sand back into can number one while slowly depleting cans 2 and 3 so by spring your ready to start all over again for another season and you can use the same sand over and over pretty smart right I thought his system was so cool yet so simple and very economical using what he already had. Any way I hope this helps and you understood the steps good luck in the spring we will be watching
Yes we use sand to store carrots here in Eastern Canada. I have never seen wood shavings used before. I’m interested in how well it works out.
Awesome ! Hope you'll make another tour at the end of winter to see how much is left and how it held up to the elements !
Very nice. Glad to see that it's working out without any immediate major changes needed. You guys should be extremely proud of yourselves for getting so much done in your first year. It's been a joy to see you two thriving in your new environment and enjoying cabin life in Alaska. Peace! 😁
Everything looks great! When you process your jars, add a quarter cup of white vinegar to the canning water. It will condition the jars and help keep the mold from growing. Watch Our Half Acre Homestead for some wonderful ways to process and store foods. Be blessed.
Hi guys! I also have root cellar, my piece of advice is when you want to store carrots put it to container and cover with dry yellow sand. It can not be the soil from the garden. Carrots when not covered will mold. I also advice to grow pumpkins they are full of vitamins and they can be stored for long time. I have mine good now it is march, but they need to be stored in dry ,dark place and have to lay on the side like it grow. Good luck from Poland
I'm sooo jealous of your off grid home. I think its so cool that you found each other and work well together. When I found your channel, I fell in love with your videos and both of you. Hope to see more, keep up the good work.
I would put skid tread on stairs
Especially for winter n wet snowy shoes up n down steps. First thing i thought of when i saw ladder. Glad you re enforced ladder.
For sure
even glue sheets of sand paper on them for safety!
@@danjenlilyful i'm thinking paint or poly and just toss sand onto it while wet. My dad did that for the front steps and it works great. Issue with sandpaper is the paper- would come right off when it gets wet.
Roofing shingles work great to prevent slipping.
Just came across your channel new land owner
Very cool, thanks for being an inspiration. My Mother still cans every year and the results are top notch. I still have old jars in the basement from 30+ years ago from previous owner and the fruit appears to be still good.
I clicked on a video by Wranglestar after skipping him for almost a year, then the algos queued you up. Great video, presentation, and editing. Very quick and respectful of our time. Much respect from a city slicker who appreciates all your work.
Loved the tour and how you guys roll with the punches. You don't know until you try and you guys are trying way more than I ever did - which is why I love watching. So glad you show the downs as well as the ups so that we all learn along with you. Grocery shopping in the root cellar is so cool!
You can be very proud of yourself when you look into this cellar, man, worked your butts off and it showed right there in that little room, the whole place has been transformed, you guys make a good team together, hope you have a great week, really appreciate your content, take care and God Bless ❤️
I like how it turned out, the couple of thoughts that I have, when you replace the roof, I would seriously consider adding a "hallway" of sandbags that leads away from the cellar, put a door on that, then have stairs that go up in the hallway to a hatch on the outside, this way when you are in there you can close the door, also if you place a board on the top of the stairs you can use it to slide things down when you are stocking up.
As for lights in there, LED rope lights are cheap and will zip tie right to the bottom of the shelves, I would think that would be the perfect way to get you some steady light in there.
Another thought is if you put a layer of plastic on the floor and cover that in gravel, it is going to keep the moisture down, this is because much of the moisture you are getting right now is evaporating up through the gravel. A plastic sheet will keep it down.
First couple of videos of yours I have seen, I am going to dig through and see what you have about canning!
And btw MERRY CHRISTMAS!
I am 61 years old and my parents used a root cellar and my wife & I continue to do so. I grew up in the south-east U.S. and am now residing on a 240 acre ranch near the Canadian boarder. One suggestion to possibly address rust on jar lids is a light coating of mineral oil just for the lids. My mother used to coat her jar lids with a rag that had some lard impregnated into it. That sometimes attracted pill bugs, but no rust. lol ! You are doing amazing things. I look forward to following your journey.
You guys work really hard! Amazing job. A very healthy life! Model for the youth! Help America stay strong !
Hi...great job ! ... For as long as I can remember, around here, to deal with a moist basement people hang a cloth bag filled with crushed lime stone and a small bucket underneath. The lime is a huge moisture attractant...works well.... Cheers to you both !
Long time ago my father build a cellar to put his telesccope in... I told him to put a heavy plastic tarp under the concrete but he didn't. His cellar turned into a swimmingpool. So he did the same with the bucket in your cellar. But you are doing fine. Congratulations.
love the root cellar! looks like you have managed to put away about 2 years worth of food. Two thumbs up for the cowboy candy!
It's likely not a two year supply for two people on its own, but the stuff in their kitchen pantry and storage container may add up towards a one year supply. If you're working a hard physical labor job, like many homesteaders need to, you need literally a upwards of one billion calories a year per person (or 1 million kilocalories, or "kcal" in scientific speak, which Americans colloquially abbreviate to "1 million calories", so when I say "calories", I'll use "calories" the American colloquial way).
So 2 million American calories for the two of them, plus extras for friends and family, or dog treats, or what have you. 10,000 calories would for example be about 35 pounds of potatoes. A pound of lard is 4000 calories. You can get a lot of the straight sugar calories from jams and jellies, but they won't fill you up, even though they are an efficient way of preserving large quantities of caloric energy, because [a nutritional science degree I don't have goes here]. That's partially why folks used to preserve fruit by brewing it into alcohol. It is one of the more efficient ways when measured in effort to output ratio for preserving large quantities of carbohydrates over the winter. Of course, the other part of booze brewing is that the end result gives you something nice to look forward to at the end of a long day, such as at planting or harvest time. ;)
I wouldn't know this, but I am trying to figure out just how much food I need to grow and preserve for my family of 5, and it's "a lot". I'm experimenting with growing rice in 2020 to add another potential shelf stable storage crop to my list of staple crops.
Wow, I am impressed. You guys have done a great job on your property your root seller is amazing , The amount of Canning and preserving that you guys have done and the organization of the root seller is second to none. I have only found your channel recently but I'm really enjoying it. The respect that you have for each other, And for us viewers, it's the way you show and explain everything is just great, very informative and I'm really enjoying it. Let's not forget the dogs I love dogs obviously you do too ! ❤
Obviously not in winter, but a small inline fan on your vent connected to a small solar panel will help your humidity levels. Causes overpressure in your cellar
Your set up is great watching from Australian you are both Inspirational Thank you
What a beautiful reminder of a successful garden year and what a reward for all your hard work!
Ariel, you can make apple cider vinegar just using the apple skin and the cores. Use the rest of the apples to make apple sauce, apple butter or apple pie filling.
You also might want to store them close to your vent as they give off ethylene gas (which functions as a natural plant hormone) that speeds up the ripening process in brassicas, tomatoes, and many other susceptible fruits and veggies.
I am sure they already know all this. like they make, reuse the tomato skins etc, to cook down for sauce.
Wonderful to be free out there, together with nature. I live close to the Swedish montains, deep in the forest myself last 22 years. I am very impressed of you, how you work together. What a memory you gonna have in your lifes. Im happy with you there in Alaska. 👍🙂
When you get food out of the root cellar could you do some recipe on how you can cook please love your channel from Wolverhampton England 👍👍
That would be a good one for sure.
*Beverley Riddell ... Hiya I'm from Canterbury, Kent .... Great to see someone else from Britain! 🍻🍸🍾🍻*
And me too , love this channel greetings from Blackpool 👋🙋🏼👋
Nice to see more people from England,originally from Maidstone,Kent ,now live in Dudley ,almost a neighbour
Ayyyyy Plymouth, England (south west)
Cowboy candy and juice is awesome over a taco salad, too! Great job on the build. Very impressive.
Nicely done ✅ Thanks for all the pointers and for detailing your upgrades.
Root cellar is awesome! Really nice job guys. I don't think I have seen 2 happier people on TH-cam than you two. Kudos to you both!
Loved your lovely root cellar.. Life is about seeing what works and what can be improved upon.. WOW-2 fairly big earth quakes..
Keep up the great work.. and enjoy life.. Thanks for taking us along.. :) You did an awesome job.. both in the cellar build and the filling of it..
I just LOVE what you are doing! You two are my HEROES 👏👏👏👏👏🙏💝‼️
Did not disappoint, well worth the wait for the root cellar tour!!! 160 comments in 4 1/2 hrs, over 60K subscribers - you have to be one of fastest growing sites on youtube. I see enormous riches coming your way - cookbook(s), TV show, off-grid resort business, the possibilities will be limited only by what you want to do! Awesome video, awesome couple - thanks so much for sharing!!
First at the long-awaited root cellar tour :)
Love all of the work you guys are doing to be self sufficient. Thank you for sharing.
I really enjoyed seeing the root cellar a few months into use! You have any amazing amount of food stored up and so well organized too. It was nice to hear about what you like and the things you think will need to be changed. A really objective look at the root cellar!
Nothing better than a well stocked pantry (or root cellar).
I would so love a canning recipe book from you. The jellies look AMAZING!
I think writing a recipe book from your perspective (health, wellness, growing healthy food yourself) would be an excellent winter project for both of you! You make such beautiful food! You both are role models for so many and I think a grow your own food and cook it ( maybe a bit on preservation) would be extremely well received!! And a great money maker too!!
Something to think about!!♥️
You both did a wonderful job of caning all those great veggies and salmon. I looks like a good supply for the winter months. Thanks for the tour of the root cellar.
One suggestion: Instead of pulling out the entry roof horizontally, you could have added hinges in one side of the roof and pull the roof up vertically, If you do that, you may need a standing rod attached to the center of the roof from outside for better placement when opened. You also can have a cheap motion-sensing battery powered LED light inside the cellar. And the last suggestion is covering the terrace with lawn-grass instead of keeping it with no covering on the loose soil.
How does this help now? lol
you folks put a smile on my face.thanks!
One of your jars at the end of the video leaked when you picked it up (sweet picked ?). If you don't have a good seal on your canned goods, you risk food spoilage.
saw that too, but it might have been some moisture collected on top... if the seal is broken the whole top would simply come off (or so i assume).
@Alina McPherson especially*
Your root cellar is AMAZING!!!! Wow👍😀
It's impressive. The only thing that makes me nervous would be rot in the logs that make the roof.
Hello Eric,Ariel!! Being able to know how to store up ur on food is better than $ n the bank! What a wonderful feeling of security! Thank u
Wow! You did a great job for your first year. It will be fun to see what you have remaining next spring.
Thinking of ways to reduce humidity ...
-Dehumidifier using solar
-Heater using solar
-Rechargeable silica gel packs ... some even run off of usb and small battery pack ... friend uses, supposed to last 10 years for about $15 each
-Fans. I have Opolar, rechargeable, and run off of usb and small battery pack. About $20 each.
Consider building a covered patio or just a simple roof to shed rain away from cellar.
Good Luck!
Nice backhanded compliment
Just want to thank you for sharing your experience! I really enjoy your videos. I've been off-grid over 10 years in Washington state and like seeing how it's working for someone else. Great job!
Okay kids, here is a suggestion for the vents Go to an RV supply place they sell these one-way vent covers that have a weather vane top so when the wind blows they are venting with the wind no downdrafts. I use them on the motor home and now on the stick-built house. They cost about $20 but they are so worth it and the vent will be above the snow.
They're not kids.
Louvres, I think they’re called.
I simple system on a pulley that can be moved to the side when going up and down is helpful. .. as a kid we had one in our business building it saves on the legs
@Alina McPherson Yup, it's an expression - a pretty condescending one, especially considering what they're doing in this video. I don't think it's being "triggered" to point out to someone that they're needlessly being rude to someone else but you do you.
Fucking condescending .
Very cool storage solution. I love self reliance and seeing individuals living and thriving in “off grid luxury!”
A suggestion for more security since like you, I live in earthquake country where we have low level ones everyday. Yes,more major ones are expected and come from time to time. I would take your protein whether it is just the salmon this year or any other jars with meat and individually wrap them in 3 sheets of newspaper wrapping them one sheet at a time and putting them in a lidded tote that locks in place. Also line the tote with crumpled newspaper on the bottom and again between jars and the walls of the top. I also put crumpled paper on the top of the jars before locking the lid on. Your source of protein is your most valuable resource of food in your cellar and not easily replaced, so I protect mine as though it was fine china that would have to live through the WORST earthquake. You've got to have a source of protein on hand to give you the strength to do all the physical tasks that are your way of living in an off grid situation. Good luck with all your endeavors. I admire what you are doing.
You all are industrious. You will have fun this winter. Good video.
This is so cool! Thanks for the tour and explanations.
I hope you are storing some water. Great job.
Awesome job well done
Wow! what a great job! When you mentioned the sump pump the second time the first thing I thought of was that you could manipulate a toilet float in a container to automatically trip your pump, I would think you could do this with a battery and maybe add a few LED lights while you are at it. Again, just awesome!
Yeah and maybe they could set up a dehumidifier to empty out into the bucket with the sump periodically
You guys worked very hard for that fruitful root cellar treasure load. Well done. Healthy, delicious and you save on gas driving to the grocery store haha.
The cellar seems to be working out just fine for y'all. That's great! It will be interesting to see what all you guys decide needs to change with it for next year.
Y’all did a lot of canning! The cellar is awesome! You will enjoy the fruits of your labor over the winter. It would be great if you could rig up a pulley system to raise & lower your crate for putting in & taking things out of the cellar. Maybe build a frame with a roller for the rope, much like on a well, that raises & lowers the water bucket. Love & Hugs from Vicki in Ft. Worth, Texas 🇨🇱🇺🇸👍❤️😁
My thoughts exactly! 🙌⭐️
Man, I love the way the jars sound. Lol
My favorite thing to grab from my moms canned food was cherries, peaches and apricots. I miss them a lot. Awesome root cellar y’all!
What you also could do if you want something heavy up or down, is build a winch with ropes and a stand to put it on. So you can slide things up and down on the ladder.
Greetings,
Jeff
A concern that I have is the snow load on the "roof" of the cellar. I know that AK can get a LOT of snow and even though you try to keep it maintained, I think that the snow and ice could be an issue. I think a peaked roof of some sort (low of course) would help a great deal with the snow load.
Your root cellar is so cool! You guys did a great job! Thanks for another great video
cover the roof logs with 6 mil plastic. seal to the walls , cheap to do . They sell flood alarms ( battery powered) . That would alert you to floor h20 . or wire an inline led light (Battery powered) , to your pump float.So when the pump calls for 110 power , instead alerts you by light the pump needs run :) or use a boat DC sump bilge pump . Great update of the food storage , thank you . Everything looks to be working great :) Any other hunting that can be done in season to fill the freezer ?
Very hard working and likable couple who deserve all success.
Clumping grasses will lock that top portion in. Maybe bamboo? Something with no tap root.
wow, a channel with actual CONTENT AND EXPLANATION! thank you. no boob shots, no skimpy thumbnails, my LORD, it's as if you are actually here to promote off grid food storage. EXCELLENT
ok, now, i guess i take for granted how much 2 can eat in one winter... please do update this spring! i JUST found your channel.. . love the whole root cellar project, you remind me of "us" (hubby and i), we bite off more than we can chew, AND THEN WE CHEW IT!
also, how do you make your money / support? thanks again, GOD BLESS!
This is the dream! One day! I would love to see you make apple cider vinegar! :)
Homemade wine can also yield excellent vinegar , as can cider 👍
Wow i love your can food collection more then the cellar itself 😍😍😍
Hey, this is awesome! Followed from the beginning, you are my homesteading heroes!
But hey, have you thought about making the top more hidden? There is a video from England of a found war shelter, the entrance was a lot like yours, but concreted stairs. And there was a huge built in barbeque grill over the cellar, but this could be besides the top of the cellar. The entrance door could be covered by a light wood rack, with a few light pieces of wood. Yours is more used than the English found one, but could be camoflauged if wanted.
So you have already done more than me, but if you want more advice: a guy out of the Appalacians (I think Kentucky) said the perfect cellar should have two vents, one near the top and the other for air inflow (which y'all got already), wood liners on the outside of the shelves (to prevent destruction from Earthquakes), and a pick and shovel inside incase a tree blocks the entrance during a storm. How about a dehydrator for a quarter or more of the cellar for the canned goods or an emergency shelter (with a separating wall) and with an irrigation drain line from the captured water to the sump pump(?). Not sure if you need an emergency shelter, but there are enough tornadoes here in Texas to justify this use. Even President Johnsons' homestead around Fredericksburg, Texas has a shelter/root cellar.
Take care and homestead on!!
What hard workers you guys are ! thank you for sharing.
New subscriber and just found you today. Noticed you have bee hives and I applaud you.. fellow beekeeper here and there are so many videos you could make on products from the hive. Propolis tincture and beeswax candles would be great to have on hand. Your hard work is paying off and your videos are very well done and interesting. : )
Grocery shopping in your own store..Nice
That is a lot of work. Hope all last you through the winter.
always make it bigger and grow all you can and can more
Awesome stuff guys. Would love to see some of your canning techniques if you are willing to share. 😉
Good work. Good eats. Good life. Stay strong.
15:49 - that jar (sweet pickled vegetables) appears to be leaking - you may have a bad seal. Great job on the cellar! and the food storage/harvest/garden.
I think that was just condensation on top of the lid.
@@ctriant Fair point. Very well could have been.
Mmmmm, I don’t think it’s condensation. Looks like a leak. The stickiness resulting from the deterioration of the contents can create a full, or partial, false seal, where the flat lid is stuck on, but there’s no vacuum seal. Good teaching moment. This lady is very savvy, no rings on her jars. Rings left on often hide leaks, & the false seal can easily be mistaken for a regular seal. Home canning really is a science, wonderful, so wonderful, to see younger families embracing the old ways. (Just remember, old ways do not mean old recipes, lots of those aren’t safe.)
Love your root cellar and I have watched you both doing your canning of your food and the fish you caught. I am just about as excited as you two about everything. Well done, it was a lot of hard work you put in this year (and previous) and I am always amazed by it. Love your videos. Have a great day.
The best kind of store : )
Hi SLA, I am so happy I found your root cellar videos. My wife and I are retiring to our property up in Maine to live off-grid and homestead. We are having a cabin built in the summer of 2020 and will spend 4 weeks up there working on that. One of the challenges we've been facing is deciding on the type of root cellar we wanted to build. Like you, we considered the cinder block and cement but found it was too pricey. My research into alternative methods lead me here and honestly, I think this might be the best fit for us. It makes a whole lot of sense given our climate, and after hearing you describe some of the changes you'll be making, I think this is going to work. So, thank you very much for sharing. We're still a couple years off from building ours but I look forward to sharing our own build video when the time comes. So until then, we'll continue to enjoy your videos!! Oh and a quick plug-in moment, feel free to swing by our channel, we're still in our transition phase, but it's coming along at a pace that works well for us. :-)
15:52 sweet pickled veggie jar is leaking!! Abort! Abort!
Wonderful job! Just FYI I was in building materials and building for over 35 years ,so one suggestion for you. If you ever decide to change the floor and eliminate your water coming into your storage, you could pour concrete floor about 6 inches thick, then you need to google a concrete seal that blocks hydrostatic pressure. It’s out there. I used it on a basement floor and part of the walls for a home that had water seeping into it. Worked wonderfully. Not cheap but it works.
research charcoal..for the moisture in the cellar...
Fantastic idea, they can actually make all of the charcoal they need fairly easily after the initial setup. This would solve a lot of their moisture problems.
@marthale7 there are TH-cam videos on making charcoal in the USA
Also controls smells!👌🏻
@@katalingerstenberger5866 and helps with mold
Those rocks togther look like something out if a expensive store and that celler.... heavenly. They are grocery shopping guys omg im in heaven
If the tin tops on the cans start to rust, dip the tops in some hot wax to seal the metal from moisture.
I tried that and it loosens then flakes off with time. Maybe from moisture combined with temperature changes. I stopped buying in metal cans I only use glass now
So funny I was jus thinking this and if it’s possible! Good to know
@@tinnerste2507 Might depend on how drastic the temperature changes are where you live.
@@timothyadams4477 my celler is between 5 and 13 degrees celcius throughout the year
Very interesting. Your hard work is paying off!!
You should keep the apples up top by a vent. They let off a gas that will ripen or rot your other foods prematurely.
Yup, ethylene.
Ahhhhh....THAT'S what happens!!
Well I learned something new..
So keep a eye on your potatoes if they start to turn get them out of there before stench begins.
You can surely toss them in the garden to become compostable.. I'm not positive, but it got to be better than having botch growth in your sellar
Hick Billy there are other actually deadly gases, solanine gas, to be concerned about as well. Many people have died in root cellars from these gases given off from rotting potatoes.
@@ouimetco botchilizm.. isn't that the disease from rotten potatoes?
a temporary shed on top of root cellar may extend the life of the root cellar..amazing couple..keep up your spirit
Can you pleas do a video on how you use some of these canned foods in meals.
I was thinking the same thing!
OMG, I love the celery stock and I will definitely be making some. Just finished some chicken bone broth, kidney and pinto beans this week. Thank you for the field tripe to the root cellar, hugs 🤗 to you both!