Root Cellaring: Natural Cold Storage of Fruits & Vegetables

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Stretch the resources of your small backyard garden further than ever before, without devoting hundreds of hours to canning! Discover how easy it can be to turn some extra space in your basement, garage, or even your closet into your very own root cellar. This informative and inspiring guide shows you not only how to construct your own root cellar, but how to best use the earth's naturally cool, stable temperature as an energy-saving way to store nearly 100 varieties of perishable fruits and vegetables.

Reviews

"The most complete book on the subject you are likely to find."

"...the most complete book on the subject you are likely to find."

Backwoods Home Magazine

"...a book that has become a durable classic - a manual that delivers detailed guidelines for storing fruits and vegetables in the most simple way possible."

The Province (Vancouver, British Columbia)

"The name Bubel is synonymous with practical, hands-on experience...I highly recommend Root Cellaring. It's the only book you need on the subject."

Maine Organic Farmer Gardener

Author Bio

Mike Bubel co-authored the classic best-selling guide Root Cellaring with his wife, Nancy. They were avid gardeners for many years in Philadelphia and then on their farm in Wellsville, Pennsylvania. Nancy Bubel, co-author of the classic best-selling guide, Root Cellaring, was a gardening columnist for Country Journal magazine and wrote for Mother Earth News, Organic Gardening, Horticulture, Family Circle, Womans Day and New Shelter magazines. She was a member of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society and the Society for Economic Botany, and a life member of both the Seed Savers Exchange and the Friends of the Trees Society.