Comments on Raising Country Kids: The Root Cellar

It is so amazing how they build things way back in...

2008-05-25T20:44:00.000-06:00

It is so amazing how they build things way back in the day. People really took pride in their work. It's an amazing building.

Wow! That is an amazing...building? I'm so glad yo...

2008-05-25T20:43:00.000-06:00

Wow! That is an amazing...building? I'm so glad you all are actually keeping up with it, and not letting it fall apart, like so many current land users (like us) do with their barns and outbuildings.

That is so neat...how amazing you have such a grea...

2008-05-24T13:41:00.000-06:00

That is so neat...how amazing you have such a great piece of history on your property! One has to admire the handi-work in creating something like that. It looks so orderly. What kind of snakes were living down there?

Wow! Lots of hard work to build that root cellar....

2008-05-24T12:15:00.000-06:00

Wow! Lots of hard work to build that root cellar. Do you still not find any snakes out there? Here it would be a snake haven, as they find any nook to "snake" there way into (including my garage, which is why I enclosed it and made it into an office/music room). We have so many rattlesnakes here, it's scary.

love it that would be a cool hideaway place for an...

2008-05-24T10:34:00.000-06:00

love it that would be a cool hideaway place for anyone also love the old tools that you guys found

Wow! This is so neat!I was also amazed at how dry ...

2008-05-24T09:25:00.000-06:00

Wow! This is so neat!

I was also amazed at how dry it is. I also wonder about the temperature - does it stay really cool in the hottest of your summer heat? (Of course, since I live in TX, my definition of hot is probably not yours!)

I love the "stuff" you've left/put in the cellar. How fun to imagine those items being used in daily life, just like we use our tools.

re Bill Harshaw's comment about the dryness compar...

2008-05-24T09:13:00.000-06:00

re Bill Harshaw's comment about the dryness compared to NY - and I'm not sure exactly what part of MT Erin and her family are in...it is a rather large state with lots of differences...I grew up in northwest Ohio where our basement (cellar) was always damp and musty smelling - my previous home here in Montana had a basement and I too was amazed at the dryness - no mustiness...oh, not as dry as

After all the recent tornadoes in Arkansas I envy ...

2008-05-24T09:00:00.000-06:00

After all the recent tornadoes in Arkansas I envy you your root cellar.

What fascinates me is how dry, dry, dry it is. In...

2008-05-24T07:28:00.000-06:00

What fascinates me is how dry, dry, dry it is. In my childhood home in upstate NY one underground structure served two purposes--housing the pump for the well and serving as a root cellar. It was always damp, so much so shelving rotted in a few years. I assume the dampness was from water working down from the surface and from the humidity in the air condensing on the cool surfaces. I guess in