food preservation

Last year I scored some pumpkins for $1 a piece. I only got two and I really regretted I didn't get more. I ended up cooking them in my giant electric roaster (kind of like a huge crock pot). Just used a hammer and my big ole butcher knife to slice through the center. I cooked until a fork could...

I am interested in constructing a root cellar, and have been looking all over the internet at variations. I guess when we think of a root cellar, we think of the traditional "cave" type structure either built into the ground or the side of a hill. Variations of root cellars employ everything...