We may earn a commission from links on this page. While most of us aren’t going to move to an acreage to build out a homestead, there are tiny bits of the lifestyle that can help you save money, grow ...

As we head into November, this is the time when all the careful preparation of the winter root crops for storage pays off. In January, basement crop bins provide the closest thing to a basket full of ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Storage of winter vegetables might not seem like a compelling issue if you don’t have a root cellar, and let’s establish the fact that few of you do — at ...

Some kind of food storage space is as important to the self reliant gardener as a hoe and shovel. But food storage is also where many people have trouble. While it’s true that millions of homes across ...

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 ...

Tucked in a grassy ridge cutting across the Small Family CSA Farm in La Farge, Wis., is a refrigerator so efficient it requires not a single watt of electricity, yet it can keep some crops chilly for ...

You don't need an actual cellar to store vegetables and fruits over the winter, but you should follow some rules. You’ve spent all summer eating from your garden, eating what is in season and, as a ...

As long time homesteaders, we have used various versions of a root cellar to store our fruits and vegetables. Root cellars are an essential way to properly store those precious commodities to retain ...

Root cellars seem to be enjoying a revival as a place to store all that home-grown bounty we are producing in our vegetable gardens and on our fruit trees. It sounds so "Little House on the Prairie." ...

FLINT, MI -- If you've got an old freezer that doesn't work anymore -- don't throw it out. It might still work, even if you don't plug it in. , the class is going to teach people how to make a root ...

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 ...