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Dan Rubin Interview

March 9, 2017 – Dale Jarvis interviews Dan Rubin, the owner and operator of Perfectly Perennial and creator of the sheltered greenhouse design. Dan tells us about the […]

Ross Traverse of Torbay, Newfoundland

June 22, 2011 – Julie Pomeroy interviews Ross Traverse about the use of root cellars and how specific items have different storage methods. Ross Traverse: In Newfoundland, the […]

Herber Parsons of Bryant’s Cove

July 27, 2011 – Crystal Braye talks to Herber Parsons about his family root cellar and how they used it. Herber Parsons: We used to store the vegetables […]

South Side Root Cellar, Twillingate

Built by John Young Sr. circa 1938, it is still owned by the Young family.

Potatoes

Inside of a root cellar with several wood constructed pounds filled with potatoes.

Placentia Community Garden

The community of Placentia in Newfoundland has constructed a community garden equipped with a large greenhouse, composting bins, and raised flower beds.

George Pearce’s Root Cellar, Elliston

George Pearce’s Root Cellar is also commonly referred to as Rex Chaulk’s Root Cellar. Built in 1859, this hillside cellar has a small portion of its stacked stone […]

The Twin Cellars, Elliston

The “Twin Cellars,” also known as the “Upstairs-Downstairs,” are hillside root cellars built in 1915 by Jim and Dan Goodland. These hillside cellars are constructed of a stacked […]

Traditional Root Cellar Interior Layout

Depiction of the interior vegetable storage space layout of a root cellar.

Pounds full of Potatoes

Ross Traverse of Torbay, Newfoundland, owns Traverse Gardens, where he grows and harvests many of his own vegetables. He has a walk-in cool room located in the basement […]

Walk-in Cool Room

Ross Traverse has a walk-in cool room in his house in Torbay, Newfoundland. Traverse built his walk-in cool room in the basement of his house in the early […]

Walk-in Cool Room

Ross Traverse has a walk-in cool room in his house in Torbay, Newfoundland. Traverse built his walk-in cool room in the basement of his house in the early […]