root celler questions

[Beekissed]

Just curious...why is that strange to you? Why wouldn't someone store their canned jars of food in a place that wouldn't freeze and keeps the multitude of jars out of the house and into additional storage?

 

[the funny farm6]

I belive the moisture problem is the doors. They are both bad- still there but need replaced. When it rains the celler itself doesn't leak.

 

[BarredBuff]

Just curious...why is that strange to you? Why wouldn't someone store their canned jars of food in a place that wouldn't freeze and keeps the multitude of jars out of the house and into additional storage?

I think she means strange as in she has just never heard it done that way.

 

[Wannabefree]

Just curious...why is that strange to you? Why wouldn't someone store their canned jars of food in a place that wouldn't freeze and keeps the multitude of jars out of the house and into additional storage?

We always keep the canned stuff on shelves in the house. My grandma had all her cabbages/fruit/carrots/etc. out in the root cellar. I never thought you could keep jars out there. It's just a strange concept to me, because of what i have always known.

 

[Beekissed]

And everyone in your area does the same thing?

 

[Wannabefree]

And everyone in your area does the same thing?

As far as I know, yeah.

 

[Wannabefree]

I belive the moisture problem is the doors. They are both bad- still there but need replaced. When it rains the celler itself doesn't leak.

It's good that it doesn't leak. Sounds like it's pretty soundly built, so I would defiantely fix it and use it.

 

[Beekissed]

Huh! Learn something new every day, don't we? No one in these parts keeps their canned goods indoors unless they don't HAVE a cellar. Storage for over 250 quart jars of food can become problematic!

 

[me&thegals]

We keep all our canned goods in the cellar, too. Would NEVER have enough room in the kitchen for all of them! Plus potatoes, garlic and onions, but onions and apples go in the utility roomi. I think they're the ones that give off ethylene and encourage root veggies to sprout...

 

[BarredBuff]

We just have a pantry, not built yet. But it should be good enough for root crops except the ones me&thegals mentioned.