A root cellar is a homesteader’s secret weapon during their mission to full self-sufficiency. ... concrete slabs, or moisture-resistant wood). You don't want to lay concrete blocks on dirt, ...

Use these plans to construct your own DIY root cellar. ... Where space and lay of the land permit, these cellars are dug into a hill and then lined with brick, stone or concrete block.

Fast forward a couple of years and we were growing enough carrots and potatoes to need a root cellar, but lacked the funds to build a proper cinder block version which can cost hundreds of dollars ...

Only one, however, had a cinder-block root cellar. It was one of the reasons they picked his place. “We used it for the first time last winter and it was great,” she says.

To build the root cellar, he needed a backhoe to dig a hole in the earth. He then built an 8-by-8-foot room with cinder blocks, leaving the earth floor bare and two ventilation holes to allow air ...