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 ...

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 ...

My wife and I were brainstorming how to make a root cellar cheaply, and we of course started with all of the usual ideas that tend to be a bit costly. Then she said, “Boats are cheap these days; let’s ...

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 ...