Root cellar

 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
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2592/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid97101828&sr=1-1>
(at better libraries near you)
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- Billy
"When you give food to the poor, they call you a saint. When you ask why the
poor have no food, they call you a communist."
-Archbishop Helder Camara
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http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/01/20111812130964689.html

 DogDiesel wrote:

I haven't seen a real sand chamber root cellar since I was a kid except
in movies.  I thought the purpose of the sand was to wick moisture away
and thus an attempt at low humidity not high.

 You are correct.
High humidity is not your friend.