A refrigerator in spring and summer, a safe-from-freezing pantry in fall and winter, and a man-made cave dug into a hillside and sealed shut with thick double doors … root cellars were all of those ...

If you're a homesteader, gardener, or someone who buys groceries in bulk, you may have considered getting a root cellar. DIY ...

Homesteading celebrates the art of self-sufficiency through growing your own food and living close to the land. While traditional homesteaders often manage larger rural properties, urban homesteading ...

The ruins of a 100-year-old root cellar can turn up some less than appetizing rubble. In the case of the Moon-Randolph Homestead just north of Missoula, that meant dozens of what the current caretaker ...

Our root-cellar-in-a-box overflows with potatoes. Without a cellar, what’s an approachable way to store my root crops through winter? Build a root vegetable storage box for a small-scale way to ...

A neighbor of mine recently built a beautiful energy efficient home, complete with a breathtaking view of the Lehigh Valley, a wood/coal/ oil furnace, a heat pump, weathered cedar siding, a backup ...

Homesteading. The term calls to mind American pioneers moving west, living off the land, self-sufficient. They're not moving west in covered wagons, but modern-day homesteaders, using alternative ...

The signs of winter are upon us. The World Series is happening. The Nelchina caribou season is open. And yes, there is snow on the ground. Some areas even have enough for snowmachines. But are you ...

With his wife and five children, Carl Heinricy arrived in the Loveland area in 1875 and established a homestead west of what is now Boyd Lake. By the following year, Heinricy completed his log home, ...