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- Theresa Anne DeMario -

“If you don’t have a plan and leave your food
choices to chance, chances are good that those
choices will stink.”

– Kristen Bentson

With the cost of food rising and the quality diminishing every year, root cellars
are not a thing of the past. Nor are they just a way to prep for an uncertain future.

A well-tended root cellar will dramatically reduce your cost of living now, freeing up those
much-needed funds for all those unperishable items that will make your life a little more
comfortable when the time comes.

A root cellar is the perfect place to store the bounty of your summer garden, but it is also
useful for those trips to the farmers’ market when you find a particularly great deal on
turnips but you know you won’t eat that many before they shrivel up on the shelf of your

pantry.

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When I think of a root cellar, I picture a space set in the side of a hill, lined with stone .
All year, it stays cool and damp—a glorious reprieve to escape to after a hot summer’s
day in the garden.

45 "Philander Knox Root Cellar" by: Thomas, (CC BY-ND 2.0)

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