I want to build a root cellar and this book was recommended by a youtuber. What is the definitive root cellar book or Web resource that is a must have?

  • Acamon@lemmy.world
    14·
    18 hours ago

    Commenting cause I’m interested in the answer too. From reading online the basic idea is digging the cellar lower in the ground (how deep depends on your soil) to keep the temperature regular, and adding appropriate ventilation to remove damp and warm air.

    Are you looking for other books because that ones not good? Or because you can’t get a copy of it. Because it’s in Anna’s Archive if you want to check it out (and then, if you like it, try to buy a copy).

    • Gnugit@aussie.zoneOP
      6·
      17 hours ago

      Currently I have no resources apart from Web search for this topic. I’m looking at finding the most reliable resources to start me on my journey.

      • beetus@lemmy.world
        6·
        15 hours ago

        Why not start with the book youve been recommended? Amazon reviews suggest it covers everything from produce selection, to growing tips, to establishing a root cellar in your home

        • Gnugit@aussie.zoneOP
          1·
          11 hours ago

          Unless someone gives me a better recommendation here I will most definitely doing this. Australia tax isn’t cheap and I want to be sure it’s my best option first.

      • hector@lemmy.today
        1·
        12 hours ago

        Looking to getting takkonite or something, the only type of explosive you might be able to get fairly easily, and save yourself the trouble and use that to excavate as much as possible. I did mine all by hand and it is exponentially harder the deeper you go. A lot of the dirt I have to move three times. I wish I could show you some pictures I’m actually working on one right now.

        • Gnugit@aussie.zoneOP
          2·
          11 hours ago

          I will have to do it all by hand. Explosives are out of the question for me. I do have some nice equipment I can rent though. The rock i have here isn’t so bad. It’s not like clumped gravel than rock but will still take a few months by hand without a Jack hammer.

          • hector@lemmy.today
            3·
            11 hours ago

            Just be sure to build walls even if temporary after you get down a ways because cave ins are deadly, in construction there are more deaths from trenches than anything else.

            People that get buried like up to their chest or neck can seem fine and get dug out but as soon as they get dug out they die within like a minute and it is irreversible there’s no way to stop it you’re capillaries get like crushed from the weight.