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

She recalled hiding in a root cellar with her baby brother, just as residents did last year.

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2023

You can slow ripening by storing tomatoes at around 50 degrees, in somewhere like a root cellar or a small wine fridge devoted to produce, McDermott says.

From Washington Post • Jul. 11, 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

But Calvin will want to be in the root cellar.

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