Cement blocks are ideal for root cellar walls, but you can get creative with old tires or some other supportive material. 2. Earth Berm Root Cellar.

The Basement Root Cellar If you have a basement, you can construct a root cellar fairly easily. You just need to wall off a basement corner and add vents to allow cold air to flow in and warm air ...

Using a precast 6-foot x 6-foot x 10-foot tank and some materials I had on hand made the job much easier than it would have been, and I ended up with a root cellar that has maintained a stable ...

Root Cellar Humidity: High humidity is essential to effective root cellar storage. Most root crops and leafy vegetables keep best in humidity of 90 to 95 percent. Providing plenty of moisture ...

Many people who don’t have a root cellar manage to wall off a corner of a regular basement that they can maintain at the ideal temperature of 33 degrees by opening and closing a small cellar ...

Q: My house was built in the '40s and has a cinder-block foundation. On the inside, it has paint that's peeling. Some of the blocks are crumbling, but the problem is not deep, less than an inch ...