Randomguy Posted November 2, 2017 Share #1 Posted November 2, 2017 ? Discus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheep_herder ★ Posted November 2, 2017 Share #2 Posted November 2, 2017 No, the water table gets too high. We have a large pantry and freezers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BuffJim Posted November 2, 2017 Popular Post Share #3 Posted November 2, 2017 I have a square root cellar. Much more compact. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted November 2, 2017 Share #4 Posted November 2, 2017 I have a wine cellar. Does that count? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted November 2, 2017 Share #5 Posted November 2, 2017 When I was a kid, my family was shopping for a new home. One of the places we went to had a root cellar. As we entered the root cellar to examine it, snakes were dropping from the walls and the ceiling, falling on my father's shoulder and head. We didn't get that house. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentonMakes Posted November 2, 2017 Share #6 Posted November 2, 2017 We had one at our house growing up - accessible both through the main cellar, and a trap door in the mudroom floor. In the fall we stored bushel baskets of apples, squash, potatoes, etc. That was one creepy cellar. Dirt floor, low ceiling, two bare bulbs for lighting, and an open well about 3 feet in diameter. When Silence Of The Lambs came out I felt like I knew what it was like to be in there. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted November 2, 2017 Share #7 Posted November 2, 2017 We had one. Dug it in 1847 but sold it to AJ Young in 1853 along with the rest of the farm when we left to head to California and Oregon to dig for gold. Here is what is left of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted November 2, 2017 Share #8 Posted November 2, 2017 1 hour ago, jsharr said: We had one. Dug it in 1847 but sold it to AJ Young in 1853 along with the rest of the farm when we left to head to California and Oregon to dig for gold. Here is what is left of it. Wow, your ancestors put the rock in Sharrock! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Totin Jack ★ Posted November 2, 2017 Share #9 Posted November 2, 2017 Everard is a cool name, you should have another son and name him after your ancestor. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted November 2, 2017 Share #10 Posted November 2, 2017 No, I don't have roots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted November 2, 2017 Share #11 Posted November 2, 2017 43 minutes ago, Old#7 said: Everard is a cool name, you should have another son and name him after your ancestor. I would like that. It is a cool name. I may change my name from jsharr to everard on the forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Grass Posted November 2, 2017 Share #12 Posted November 2, 2017 I had a root canal once. Followed up with some hard drugs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted November 2, 2017 Author Share #13 Posted November 2, 2017 43 minutes ago, jsharr said: I would like that. It is a cool name. I may change my name from jsharr to everard on the forums. I would be happiest if you would change it back to the much better 'jsharrt'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 2, 2017 Share #14 Posted November 2, 2017 We do. I made it from a large concrete distribution box that I got from the local concrete company cheap because of some defect. It stay around 45-47 degrees in it year round. We can keep taters and winter squash 4-6 months. Other things not quite as long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted November 2, 2017 Share #15 Posted November 2, 2017 2 hours ago, Randomguy said: I would be happiest if you would change it back to the much better 'jsharrt'. be quiet and act properly shunned by using a jsharr approved Awvatar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted March 15, 2019 Author Share #16 Posted March 15, 2019 On 11/2/2017 at 1:29 PM, Old#7 said: Everard is a cool name, you should have another son and name him after your ancestor. I would change it to "Everhard" to impress the ladies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page Turner Posted March 15, 2019 Share #17 Posted March 15, 2019 ...we had a partial project one in Minnesota. It was supposed to get bigger. The house I rented in TN had a dugout basement, but there was a coal/wood furnace unit down there, so if you used that old furnace for heat (I did), it didn't work as a root cellar. You really can get carrots and potatoes to winter over in a root cellar. I guess it works for the rest of the stuff like turnips and beets too, but I never tried those. You need to be careful about rats and mice though. They'll go in there and nibble on your stuff. That's probably why those people had the guard snakes in theirs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted March 15, 2019 Share #18 Posted March 15, 2019 why would someone store roots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petitepedal ★ Posted March 15, 2019 Share #19 Posted March 15, 2019 We did...in our basement...a room in the basement with shelves on either side..and a bin for potatoes..we only put food on one side..other other side was all kinds of dusty ol junk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted March 15, 2019 Share #20 Posted March 15, 2019 yes, but I only keep gimps in mine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted March 15, 2019 Share #21 Posted March 15, 2019 On 11/2/2017 at 12:29 PM, Old#7 said: Everard is a cool name, you should have another son and name him after your ancestor. Can I just change the name of one of the existing ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted March 15, 2019 Share #22 Posted March 15, 2019 1 minute ago, jsharr said: Can I just change the name of one of the existing ones? No. You know today he would be going by Ever Hard in no time. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted March 15, 2019 Share #23 Posted March 15, 2019 Just now, Wilbur said: No. You know today he would be going by Ever Hard in no time. And I would be calling the Dr. every 4 hours!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted March 15, 2019 Author Share #24 Posted March 15, 2019 17 minutes ago, jsharr said: And I would be calling the Dr. every 4 hours!!!! I like the sound of jsharrt everhard, you should adopt that name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted March 15, 2019 Share #25 Posted March 15, 2019 3 minutes ago, Randomguy said: I like the sound of jsharrt everhard, you should adopt that name. jeversharthard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ltdskilz Posted March 15, 2019 Share #26 Posted March 15, 2019 There's one out back on the farm. I've been told it was an "ice house." But I think it was a "root cellar." Now its just a place no one will dare step foot in 'cause of snakes droppin' from the walls and ceiling and fallin' on our heads and shoulders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted March 15, 2019 Author Share #27 Posted March 15, 2019 7 minutes ago, jsharr said: jeversharthard YES! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted March 15, 2019 Share #28 Posted March 15, 2019 We had one as a child. The basement was actually cobblestone. No kiddin'. I hated going down there. Spiderwebs in certain rooms, etc. Then we had one off side of kitchen....it was approx. 10 degrees or so. We did store a huge bin of rice, lots of other stuff. Great for a family of 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted March 15, 2019 Share #29 Posted March 15, 2019 I built one into the first house i built back in 1984. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted March 15, 2019 Share #30 Posted March 15, 2019 On 11/2/2017 at 11:49 AM, BuffJim said: I have a square root cellar. Much more compact. Huh, mine's a cube root cellar b/c that's how I roll in three dimensions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page Turner Posted March 15, 2019 Share #31 Posted March 15, 2019 1 hour ago, jsharr said: jeversharthard ... J.S. Hardlyhard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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