{"id":2183,"date":"2015-07-21T22:45:46","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T20:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/?p=2183"},"modified":"2015-10-13T19:23:04","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T17:23:04","slug":"make-your-own-urban-root-cellar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/2015\/07\/make-your-own-urban-root-cellar.html","title":{"rendered":"DIY Urban Root Cellar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/urban-root-cellar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2184 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/urban-root-cellar-452x500.jpg\" alt=\"urban root cellar\" width=\"452\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/urban-root-cellar-452x500.jpg 452w, https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/urban-root-cellar.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As we experiment with cultivating a greater agrarian connection, it\u2019s time for us to revisit the age-old wisdom of the root cellar. Traditionally, root cellars are underground structures used to store vegetables, fruits and other foods. Because the earth\u2019s mean temperature hovers around 60 degrees, a root cellar serves as the perfect natural refrigerator.<\/p>\n<p>Although building a root cellar may not be practical for everyone\u2014especially for those of us who live in urban areas\u2014we can still apply some of the same concepts and techniques utilized in traditional root cellars to keep our harvest naturally fresh and lasting longer. The design of this urban root cel\u00adlar, by Elliott Marks, was inspired by an exhibition by Jihyun Ryou, called \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/2012\/01\/saving-food-from-the-fridge.html\" target=\"_blank\">Save Food from the Refrigerator<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The design incorporates key elements of a good root cellar \u2014 a variety of shelves, humidity, and air circulation \u2014 while also being small and portable. It is easily achievable by anyone and we encourage you to adopt this design or create a version that works for you. The general concept is to create a storing space specifically designed to preserve the gar\u00adden harvest using grandparents\u2019 know-how.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherearthnews.com\/real-food\/root-cellaring\/make-your-own-urban-root-cellar-zbcz1507.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Make your own urban root cellar<\/a>, Mother Earth News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;As we experiment with cultivating a greater agrarian connection, it\u2019s time for us to revisit the age-old wisdom of the root cellar. Traditionally, root cellars are underground structures used to store vegetables, fruits and other foods. Because the earth\u2019s mean temperature hovers around 60 degrees, a root cellar serves as the perfect natural refrigerator. Although [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,48],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2183"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2183"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2508,"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2183\/revisions\/2508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}