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Old 07-02-2011, 06:07 PM posted to rec.gardens.edible
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"DogDiesel" wrote:

Does anyone root cellar. Is the concept of a root cellar to keep veggies
cold and in high humidity. ?? How are you supposed to keep high humidity
in the winter?


There is a good discussion about root cellars in
"Preserving Food without Freezing or Canning: Traditional Techniques
Using Salt, Oil, Sugar, Alcohol, Vinegar, Drying, Cold Storage, and
Lactic Fermentation"
by The Gardeners and Farmers of Centre Terre Vivante
http://www.amazon.com/Preserving-Foo...ning/dp/193339
2592/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1297101828&sr=1-1
(at better libraries near you)
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