Prep Tech - Root Cellar - Goat Hollow Contest Entry

Not picking on goathollow this time. He's a good sport, but I don't want to get on his bad side until after I win the hat.

The root cellar is a possible resource that should not be overlooked by preppers or homesteaders.

Links

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0882667033?ie=UTF8&tag=hijaofamerssu-20&...

http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/1822

http://www.waltonfeed.com/blog/showCategory/category_id/74

http://www.motherearthnews.com/print-article.aspx?id=77714

http://www.nepanewsletter.com/cellar.html

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[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

[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

[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]

@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.

[MrAnthonyRizzo]

Thanks for sharing. Root cellers are practical and inexpensive to build and maintain. In the long haul they will save the owner a substantial amount of money because the family fridge is the most energy hungry apliance in the home.

[wagouche]

Great video, good content, well thought out and produced. Really enjoyed your work. Thanks =)

[ava7awa]

This a fantastic video. Although I was raised with root cellars and had them all my life. Problem is you are helping so so many people who do not have any idea about them. I was raised farm, root cellars and well, guess the old ways. I think I had become laxadaisical in my thinking, thinking most people know this. But, Nope. Thank you. I relearned and learned so much, This is a video, we all should visit time to time. To keep the nogger working.

[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!