Poor Man's Root Cellar 2.0
Last year I had so many fermented pickles that I had to bury them until it got cold enough to store them in my garage, and this year is no different. Have a watch as I try a new method of the "poor man's root cellar!
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I have friends who use metal trash cans as root cellars, they bury them to just below the lid.
Plastic lids with silicon seals won't rust on. Still airtight like the metal lids are, as long as its the kind with detachable silicon seal. I use these for ferments and dry storage with my large jars. Saves metal lids for canning.
Loved your easy "root" cellar idea last year. 2 Thumbs up for the improvements!
@maritimegardening4887
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
You can use plastic PVC pipe and attached to the drip hold in the end side.
It would be interesting to put one of those wireless temperature modules in the ice chest to monitor the temp this winter.
@maritimegardening4887
6 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@natureboy6410
4 жыл бұрын
@@maritimegardening4887 I'd like to see the temperature of it here in the Mojave desert during the summer.
Greg, you are a source of entertainment and education in our house. You are our first "go-to" when we want to learn something cheap, good and fast. I have been scrounging coolers for a while now. I would LOVE a walk in root cellar but when the zombies come, your method is far better, lol. We speak of "Greg" as if you live next door. Wish you were! With love from your neighbors in zone 5 Maine.
@maritimegardening4887
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Tamara. I have to do a follow up video this year - I'm now using our old (7 year old) fridge. It started falling apart on the insode - the plastics were cracking - and the freezer part of it died - but it still works and maintains 5 deg C; so now it is our coldroom.
Very innovative!! I'm going to try to make one out of some 4" thick foam wall board and some water sealed concrete, so I can pick the dimensions. Thinking about cedar chest sized. Great Video!!
Love it! One of my problems this year was a bumper crop of cukes to pickle and not enough storage room after fermenting. I ended up having to feed the pigs them because we couldn't eat them fast enough. At least some of the guilt is alleviated knowing it went towards bacon, lol. I will have to try this until we can manage putting in a root cellar. Thanks, Greg!
There are videos online of burying an old freezer into a slope & using it for a root cellar or... when the SHTF day for a hidden cache of food.
@maritimegardening4887
6 жыл бұрын
Trust me - I've been on the look out for that very thing! This is a very simple version of that but yes - that's the best option IMO!
@bzz5601
6 жыл бұрын
Do you happen to have a link? I've a hillside right out my door and wanted to do something like that. Thank you.
@MinkesMom
6 жыл бұрын
I found an old, free small freezer, but now to get the help to remove the motor, dig the hole... or is it to convince 'helpers' the value of this project? This video showed putting a slice of foam insulation over the freezer top, then plywood/straw. Would that help your box? Me thinks your maritime location might be a bit warmer than Lubec due to the Gulf Stream, but almost similar?
@maritimegardening4887
6 жыл бұрын
Where is Lubec?
You can purchase plastic lids now. Ball sells them.
So glad I found you. Thanks
@maritimegardening4887
2 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
dont know your location but thats some beautiful dirt and ferns etc.
TY for shearing. 2:38 Hah.. I love fermented pickles. Will bears dig something like this up ? I'm thinking about making ice with freezer and doing this for an off grid refrigerator to save on electricity bill. I will be digging a bit deeper and putting some tip of lid over the hole.
@maritimegardening4887
8 ай бұрын
I think they will only dig it up if they smell something or have a good reason. Black bears walk right past this spot all the time - they have never dug anything up.
@frankenstein3163
8 ай бұрын
@@maritimegardening4887 TY for replying. I only ask as I was thinking about makin similar project for an ice chest with ice blokes for a small refrigerator replacement to save on electric bill. I'm thinking about using cement sheetrock for a ground lid. I only have egg's, pickled/fermented items, chess, cabbage and leftovers I use a refrigerator for.
Hey if it works go for it,you have a lot of ferns in that area,,looks like a beautiful location.
@maritimegardening4887
6 жыл бұрын
This is a land of ferns!
Great idea... Also I wonder if that blue tote would work just as well, provided you have a lid for it.
@maritimegardening4887
5 жыл бұрын
Probably would work fine.
Great presentation. Thank-you.
@maritimegardening4887
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
instead of re-covering with dirt, do you think a couple straw or hay bales from the feed store, set on top would work? then it would be less work to uncover later....
@maritimegardening4887
6 жыл бұрын
Yes that woudl work - but the feed store is an hour's drive from here so this was easier
@lindaminor1985
2 жыл бұрын
Love your input. Thank you. Almost 70 yr. Old woman needs easy. Lol
Wax the lids before putting in the ground or a root cellar
I’m fermenting a single jar of beans, as an experiment. I don’t think I’ll have storage problems LOL.
@genkiferal7178
Жыл бұрын
One of my favorite sauces for kale is the Chinese black bean sauce, a fermented black soybean with lots of garlic in it. Miso is fermented, too. I'd love to learn t make that black bean sauce because sauces in small jars are so expensive right now - $4 to $6.
Glad I have a larder. LOL
buy a old none working freezer, bury that , lots of vids on youtube on that, cool idea ya got, cheers
How did this work out? Did you have much moisture in there?
What about an air vent. Do you need have an air vent with this cooler?
@maritimegardening4887
3 ай бұрын
Yes - There should be one.
Contact Bell they have lids that won’t rust
Yeah, can't dig in Central Texas soil like that.
@maritimegardening4887
2 жыл бұрын
So no one on Texas can dig a hole in the ground anywhere... really?
@TheBreamer999
5 ай бұрын
@@maritimegardening4887If' I'm correct that part of Texas and many parts is pure limestone. Greetings from PEI
Sour pickles did not go over well here, no offense, I DID everything you suggested but everyone said they tasted rotten... I have no comment I didn't taste them. I have an open pallet > sushi, raw deer hearts, mountain oysters, chittlings, I don't what I did wrong..! probably nothing.. Glad you all enjoy them !
@maritimegardening4887
6 жыл бұрын
Well it's possible that no one in your house likes fermented pickles. Or you did something wrong. With only one attempt, who knows - perhaps you should have tried them for yourself?
@cut--
6 жыл бұрын
I would have tried them but the smell of them almost made me gag. I'm thinking I did something wrong.
@maritimegardening4887
6 жыл бұрын
Boy sounds like it! Did you have them in the dark when they were fermenting? Did you use tap water?
@cut--
6 жыл бұрын
I boiled my well water. (which is very high in iron like most of NE New England) They sat on the counter for 5 days at about 63-68 degrees F. I used one of those curly-cew gas relief valves.
Why didn’t you just use the blue plastic tote with a lid on it instead of a cooler would’ve been easy to put a vent in that and drain holes
Wow! How many cuke plants was all that from? Mine are anemic, but I'm working on composting. Do you have a favorite variety? I want a root cellar also, eventually.
@maritimegardening4887
6 жыл бұрын
I planted about 12, and they are still fulling a bowl every couple days
@maritimegardening4887
6 жыл бұрын
I keep trying a different variety each year so no favourite yet. this year I planted these : www.veseys.com/ca/regalcucumber.html
@bzz5601
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Now I know about how many for next year. I did 4 this year in a container. It's not near enough, and they even once got bitter because I didn't water enough. Next year I'll have more compost and a bigger garden. "Kirby" is the variety I keep reading about in recipes.
@maritimegardening4887
6 жыл бұрын
Let me give you a great piece of advice - Don't waste your time with containers. :)
What if you flipped the jars over? Would the lids rust then?
@maritimegardening4887
2 жыл бұрын
Yes I think so. I've never heard of anyone doing that
@genkiferal7178
Жыл бұрын
@@maritimegardening4887 i think osyfen/air getting to the metal helps hasten rus, so at least the inside of the lid would rust less if you put them in upside down - i think
how well did this work out
@maritimegardening4887
3 жыл бұрын
It did - and there's a follow up video :)
Could I store potatoes that way?
@maritimegardening4887
3 жыл бұрын
It would need to have better air-flow than this one
Why is he so nervous!?
@maritimegardening4887
4 жыл бұрын
I wasn't nervous - I was out of breath, from digging that hole.
You forgot to vent it:-)
@maritimegardening4887
2 жыл бұрын
yep
OH and while were on topic.. What pickle do you use ? I took a took a chance a parisian pickle from Seed Exchange and it was a disaster! I planted maybe 75 (from seed) plants and ended with maybe 30 cukes, so disappointed.
@maritimegardening4887
6 жыл бұрын
This year I used these :www.veseys.com/ca/regalcucumber.html Last year I used a different variety - basically dollar store seeds - and they worked great too.
@cut--
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I'll plant those next year.
Don't forget to put your 🌝 Moon 🌜 shine for medical reasons.😉
Dig it to look like a grave. Then raise suspicions when your ready to extract then call the county letting them do the digging.🚈🤪
@MaLiArtworks186
2 жыл бұрын
Lol!
@Heligany
2 жыл бұрын
I was just going to say that... "Pickles" RIP lol