Root Cellaring: The Ultimate Guide to Building a Root Cellar and Keeping Food in Cold Storage : Camille Harris : 9781804340493 : 1804340499 : 24 Mar 2022 : Root cellars are making a comeback! Do you often wonder what to do with your harvest? How are you going to store it all? Or do you only grow small amounts because you lack sufficient storage space? Why not build a root cellar? Root cellars are an ancient tradition. Together with curing meats and pickling, root cellars have long been a food storage method, particularly root vegetables. Before modern refrigerators took over, they were once common, but people soon abandoned their traditional storage cellars for a more convenient method. Large supermarkets mushroomed all over, providing fruit and vegetables all year round. Instead of reveling in what they could grow in their backyards, kids started to think that vegetables came in polythene bags. Fortunately, root cellars are starting to make a noticeable comeback,