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How to Make a Deep-Freeze Root Cellar

No way to store some of your extra vegetables for winter? Then turn an old refrigerator or deep freeze into a root cellar.

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    Difficulty:
    Moderate

    Instructions

    Things You'll Need

    • Straws Bales
    • Clear Plastic Sheeting
    • Plastic Sheeting
    • Shovels
    • Old Deep-freeze Or Refrigerator
      • 1

        Remove motor, shelves and lock from door (so no child can get locked inside).

      • 2

        Dig a hole large enough to hold the deep freeze where the top of the freezer is ground level or slightly below ground level.

      • 3

        Place some rocks in bottom of the hole for drainage.

      • 4

        Place the freezer into hole on its back. The door will open like a lid.

      • 5

        Fill around freezer with soil.

      • 6

        Place vegetables in freezer. Follow storage guidelines for vegetables just as if you were using a cellar.

      • 7

        Cover freezer with a sheet of plastic to keep water from freezing the lid shut.

      • 8

        Place bags of leaves or bales of hay or straw on top of the freezer to help with cold weather.

    Tips & Warnings

    • Apples, potatoes, beets, carrots, turnips, celeriac, kohlrabi and rutabagas work well in this type of storage.

    • You may need to add a small vent pipe from the freezer to the outside to let in fresh air.

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