As the weather cools off, it’s time to prepare your root cellar for winter. If you’re new to root cellaring, here’s a list of some of the posts we’ve written over the past two years: Root Cellar Basics Vegetable and … Continue reading
There’s still time to apply for $400 to build a community root cellar. The Ecology Action Centre is looking to support community root cellars throughout Nova Scotia. We are now seeking applicants for a third round of funding. We will … Continue reading
The Ecology Action Centre is looking to support community root cellars throughout Nova Scotia. We are now seeking applicants for a third round of funding. We will be awarding one $400 grant to help a community purchase materials and/or hire … Continue reading
As you may remember, we built a root cellar here at the Ecology Action Centre and five lovely women shared the space to store their vegetables over the winter. Additionally, I fixed up my home root cellar and stored my … Continue reading
Remember those community root cellar grants were we talking about several months ago? Curious about what’s going on? Well, the Deanery Project in Ship Harbour, our first grant recipient, is hosting a root cellar work party on May 18-19 and you’re invited to attend.
Kick it Root Down: Work Party @ The Deanery Project Continue reading
We’re nearly 2 months into our root cellar experiment, so I wanted to give a quick update on how things were going.
As a quick reminder, in case you’re new to the blog, we have a root cellar in the basement of the Ecology Action Centre, which we built last spring and filled up this fall. Continue reading
How much food should you put away for the winter, if you want to eat a predominately local diet? I’ve become fascinated by this question. I’m not a hard core, eat-local-or-starve kind of gal. (I do LOVE avocados!) But, I … Continue reading
With a fully stocked root cellar comes the necessary change in eating habits. I generally cook with a lot of root vegetables in the winter months, but now I’ve increased this even more. Root vegetables often get a bad reputation. … Continue reading
In addition to the root cellar at the Ecology Action Centre, I have a little side project that I’ve been working on – my own root cellar. In last week’s post about the root cellar tour, I posted a couple … Continue reading
Now that the root cellar is built and the temperature has dropped, it’s time to buy vegetables for the root cellar! We – the five Ecology Action Centre (EAC) root cellar members and I – got together to figure out … Continue reading
