root cellar

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People who don’t have a root cellar can try keeping their potatoes in a basket or a burlap sack.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 5, 2023

In one case, a Russian was said to be living in a root cellar and eating only pickles for months.

From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2022

Have no fear: Here are four of our best storage tips — root cellar not required — for happy, sweet, and dry taters.

From Salon • Aug. 27, 2021

Taking full inventory of their root cellar last year took a month of work.

From Reuters • Jun. 5, 2020

He says, “I dreamed he sailed over the hole. Over my head. Maybe even over the whole entire root cellar hill.”

From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor