Prep Tech - Root Cellar - Goat Hollow Contest Entry

[bauhbjingles]

Here's a tip for increasing the longevity of your apples: Let them get cold, then polish them with beeswax. We always have good apples past Christmas using this method.

[benfroggg]

Great info! Also great that Forest, Forest Gump Narrated for you!

[mrshammerhankus]

looks like a typical michigan basement! worms too!

[elliotneace]

thank you: some good sound info

[jayde1ash]

good video . thanks for providing the information.

[moomman89]

Thanks for the info.

[ritewng1]

Bury a large plastic water tank. It works.

[VidalesJorge]

Seems like a very nice idea, people have been talking about solar flares that could wipe out electricity for some time, from days to years, so having one of these could help. Just one question. I live in a very dry area most of the year, but in late summer it rains a lot, I also have the conditions nesesary to build all the types of cellars mentioned in the video, so which one could be best for my weather? I would like to save all types of fruits and vegetables also.

[bryncomeaux]

by the way prepping is for idiots who think the disruption will be temporary. the fact is that the disruption alredy happened and is permanent it is called the industrial revolution and it broke our farms our families and our nations. we can sustain ourselves mnaturally permanently and stop feeding the overlords huge sums of cash time and our life force ( the only way to stop them ) or we can becomes a cog in the macine a battery repetedly dreained and responsible to recharge itself! wake up!

[bryncomeaux]

old refrigerators outside can be covered in soil. iif the vegetabled are wrapped or settled in straw and do not contact each other they do not start decay spots.

[trollprepper]

Great video! I'm gonna read that book!

[1023471965]

Very good video. It covers the basics & it is a good way to get people started.

[gsbacorn]

Thank you for the post/video. It has me thinking of new ways to prolong food storage. I never even thought of closing off an area in my basement, although I do can, store and prep food there, for a root storage area. I have a wood stove in my basement for supplemental heat, but I could easily "box" off a corner and do this in. Thanks again for your post.

[KingRyltar]

I thank you for putting out this useful information. Surely a bunch of preppers, will find it useful before and after the SHTF. Where i am, i must be creative in the use of this, due to high water table, and year long high temperatures. High ^5. Hope to see more in the future.

[joaneadams]

That video was great. Thank YOU... selah adams

[MrWaynecausey]

great video! thanks!

[bleaupearls]

great vid thanks

[rpmdude]

That's an awesome video my friend. Thank you very much.

[wyattoneable]

Nice work!

[packleader1215]

Dang! We really really could house everyone on the planet. Then you think of the open area of all the golf courses around that THEY waste on smacking an inch long puny ball. Arrogance!

[pete9501]

Oh my god a real american hill billy, I thought they only existed on the telly.

[mellbutler]

thank you!

[NOBULLANDNOSPIN]

Great video indeed! A++ thank you for posting this great video!

[MarshallrN]

Great. Building one tomorrow!!!!

[buddy85442]

Love the video ,Is it possible to buy produce from farm markets and grocery stores in the fall , and store it in a cellar over the winter?thanks

[onebigkahuna69]

I really enjoy watching videos like this because they teach you something that you didn't know.I've always thought Root Cellars were basically a room/space underground.? the intake and exhaust tubes/vents make sense.Would you use somekind of screen over them to keep critters from crawling in?

[MrMitch84ism]

well done sir.

[cantecleer]

-- way to show ppl an overall view of the main types and point them to some resources. Right on!!^^

[616MGT]

Okay, I'm new at this. we have a very high water table & our basement floods sometimes. I want to build a root cellar out an old doorway from the basement to the yard. It will be underground at basement level. Any ideas on design in high water areas? How humid is to humid?

[americangamefowl]

@616MGT If you have a high water table, a root cellar is probably out of the question unless you were to build it completely water tight. A spring house, on the other hand would probably be very doable

[616MGT]

@americangamefowl Thank you so much!!!! I'll do some research.

[KallyJones]

@americangamefowl

Or build a big mound of dirt. I've seen them where the property owners built a cinder block closet and then piled a ton of dirt over it.

[JaxxBat]

@americangamefowl .. Spring house?

[americangamefowl]

@JaxxBat check out my other videos, there's a spring house video in there somewhere

[BornRandy62]

@americangamefowl building a completely water tight structure below the water table will force the water to find the most vulnerable point to invade. The structure will attempt to float and the weight of the earthen berm will keep it down. That will result in a upheaved floor unless specially re-enforced. You need to build above the water table and bring in earth from elsewhere to cover the structure

[americangamefowl]

@BornRandy62 Good points. Actually in cases of a high water table, an underground root cellar is going to be hard to do at all. A spring house might be a better option

[lkjhz99]

@616MGT If there is a hill around you could dig into the side of it. Or the above ground version may be necessary. How humid is to humid? Depends on what you store. Potatos relatively dry, cabbage relatively wet, canned stuff I don't think it matters.

[mryellow123]

@616MGT water-tight with a high water-table = a boat, when the table comes up the whole thing just rips itself out of the ground. Swimming pools in these areas are usually concrete, with a vent so it doesn't float, and lined with vinyl to keep the good water separate from the ground-water.

[mmabaddass]

Outstanding video sir. A Very detailed and informative video indeed. I am working on isolating part of my food storage room in my basement as a root cellar and you have given me some great ideas. Thanks so much for putting the time into creating this great wealth of information for us out here.

[gelflingfaysuzanne]

when i build my house i am going to try my hardest not to have a fridge in it. i want to build a cellar and learn how to store things in it properlly.

[superfrog10001]

thumbs up because u can't see the dislike

[Gardensnog]

Good Vid !

[FixedByDoc]

thanks, good video

[anyonefindAMERICA1]

Nice work. Great info. I will build a simple one and store my potatoes this winter as an experiment.

[Jinx11111]

after watching this i realy realy want to build one on my own even if it takes days!

[3rabbit0]

awesome video with GREAT info.. i will be sending this to a few friends of mine..I'm very big on survival without common now a day things to get me by... im getting as prepared as i can by learning how to build log cabins, track and trap animals, make usefull items such as bow and arrow when out in the wild. I wish i wouldve been born about 150 yrs ago... homesteading has been an unrealized dream of mine for quite some time... thanks again for the info!

[LadyLimberlost]

Very good video. Thank you for making it. I recently went on a tour of Mt. Vernon, I took pictures of the root cellar and smoke house, with the thought in mind that some day I would make them for myself.

[FletchBZMMT]

Good stuff Maynard! Thanks for sharing!

[truebelieving]

Thank you for video. It got me thinking about setting up a cellar in the basement, i'll have to do some research on how to, but i will. Once again thank you for taking the time to share this video. Blessing to you a family

[zfair3850]

thanks

[gblpst81]

Good information. Sometimes people seem to forget that humans lived for THOUSANDS of years before refridgerators, lightbulbs, running water, phones or cars. The important thing is to learn how to live without them so when our infrastructure crumbles you're not helplessly frozen with fear and uncertainty of what to do to survive. Find out how your great grandparents did it and you'll be able to get along just fine.

[americangamefowl]

@gblpst81 You are definitely on the right track.  I couldn't agree with you more

[sr71ablackbird]

@gblpst81 that, they do. it's all too common, especially when one sees another put farm-fresh eggs in the refrigerator right after they get them. Those eggs can stay out a while without being refrigerated. Also, i've noticed that quite a few consider dandelions to be weeds, yet the greens of them are still edible. Why don't most know these simple things ? or for instance, plowing with a handplow attached to a horse. There may be a time that we all may have to revert back to primitive technology.

[YokoWenis]

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[dmacosta1]

Great video

[marthale7]

We had a root celler in a hill when I was growing up. Very high in humidity, but worked awesome thru the winter for keeping our potatoes for next year. We also stored night crawlers in there in a bin to toss decaying food in the worms loved it, and we loved having worms for bait!. Awesome video.

[americangamefowl]

@marthale7 Very good idea with the worms. I hope to do a video on vermicomposting in the near future discussing the many benefits of raising worms. I hope that you will enjoy it.

[marthale7]

@americangamefowl I have two bins of red wigglers, and I am starting worm areas outside in my grow beds. As well in my aquaponic grow beds the worms are starting to get started.

[scopulus93]

@marthale7 I have two in the hill type,They need some work.but I hope to get them up better than before.Any suggestion?

[dsgr2003]

Very, very good info! Thank you for your effort :-)

[Stime64]

Very well done !!!!

Thank you

[imikewillrockyou]

Great video, and good information. Thank you.

[ODgr33n]

Boy, brings back memories of my grandads root cellar. My brothers used to trap me in there with the spiders and centerpedes ... i didn't mind tho 'cause i'd crack open a jar of my gramma's canned peaches and go to town on it.

[americangamefowl]

@ODgr33n If I'm going to be locked up somewhere, I won't mind much if plenty of good food is locked up with me.

[katzcradul]

O.k....we're not even messin' around now...That was an awesome video. Your hard work is evident. Well done AGF. You are so deserving of 'The Son of the Hat'.

[americangamefowl]

@katzcradul Thanks for the kind words. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[itstartwithone]

Great video, thx for sharing. i think the 4 degree mark will be the best for storing food, but like you said the humidity must be taking in consideration.

[americangamefowl]

@itstartwithone If you are talking celsius, 4 would be a pretty good temperature. Just barely above the freezing point is ideal, around 34 degrees fahrenheit is pretty close to perfect.

[OBXSOLWIND]

Great video!!! You guys are killing me LOL. I dont know if I sould post another video or just wave the white flag.

[americangamefowl]

@OBXSOLWIND Do another video by all means. I think goathollow's goal was to get us all to give our best, and friendly competition is the best way to get the best out of most humans, and all men. I'm having a great time making these videos. It's not really about the hat (though it does look like a warm hat), it's about sharing knowledge, and I am confident that you feel the same.

[1dabirdman]

great information! subbed and friended.

[americangamefowl]

@1dabirdman Thanks, I appreciate it.

[SustenanceNCovering]

@laidbackguy1972 I was just kidding, but, I do actually have a spot that may be dry enough to dig. but not really thinking about a root cellar as much as a chache site for my secret food supply.

[frodo70444]

u got me thinkin alright, thinkin i dont know how to build any of that shit lol

[americangamefowl]

@frodo70444 You better get busy learning. You won't be able to hunt much game with those tactical bottle rockets so you're gonna need a way to store what you have, unless you have a solar panel to run that freezer on your front porch.

[frodo70444]

@americangamefowl im pretty much gonna die and ive accepted this lol but ima fight as long as i can besides i can survive off of meat and i got all the meat i will ever need! and i could prolly use meat to trade for whatever i want

[americangamefowl]

@frodo70444 I doubt you are gonna die. You are young & healthy, raised on a farm & small enough to hide under a rock if it gets too bad. Your chances are better than most, so stop making excuses and get busy digging that cellar LOL. *knuckle bump*

[frodo70444]

@americangamefowl i aint got no green thumb lmao

[jknacasual]

Awesome Video. You got me thinking on making one for my house.

[americangamefowl]

@jknacasual If you can find a construction site nearby, I'll bet you could get a lot of your materials for free from their scrap. Sometimes the railroads will give you used railroad ties for free that you could use for your support beams. Another good option is telephone contractors, they often have broken poles that they will give away. The poles are at least twice as long as you need so you can just cut off the broken part and use the rest.

[MsCountrywitch]

You make some of the best videos on self reliant technology. Another good one here with the root cellar. You should win that hat! Thanks for sharing.

[americangamefowl]

@MsCountrywitch Thanks. Now if we can convince Mrs Goathollow of the same my ears will be warm.

[stayingawake20]

Great vid, Thanks for the info!

[gettinready101]

My hats off to you. get your spoon ready

[SustenanceNCovering]

When I walk across my yard I usually sink up to my ankles in mud. How deep do you recoment that I dig my root cellar? Will submerging my produce under water have any effect on how long they will keep?

[americangamefowl]

@SustenanceNCovering If that water is coming steadily from a spring I would go with a springhouse instead of a root cellar. If it's due to rain, I would either go with the above ground cellar, or you could do an underground cellar 8 - 10 feet deep and be sure to put drains in. The above ground would be easiest. I have some plans for root cellars if you want to take a look at them, PM me with your email address.

[ironhead41]

that was neat..........good info

[southernprepper1]

Thanks for sharing.

[bearlysceneranch]

You went Hi- tech on me when I wasn't looking!!!LOL

[americangamefowl]

@bearlysceneranch I gotta bring out my A game to win that hat!!

[pinetar100]

great vid

[NotSomebody63]

Good video. Lots of good information.  Thank you!