Oct
20
2008
An Old-Time “Refridgerator”, Easily Built: The Trash Can Root Cellar
Posted by: Rose in General, tags: root cellarIf you need storage that keeps your food cool without using electricity, a root cellar comes in very handy.
There are a tremendous amount of different designs for root cellars out there – check out this site, for example: Root Cellars
Their link to the garbage can root cellar is broken though, so here are some basic instructions to this particular type of root cellar:
“Consider burying a galvanized garbage can in the ground to create your own “root cellar.” The root cellar keeps potatoes, carrots, beets, turnips, and apples through the winter. Bury the can upright with 4 in. or so of the top protruding above ground level.”

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