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French’s Cove Root Cellar, Bay Roberts

Dry-stacked rock root cellar foundations in French’s Cove, Bay Roberts.

Mobile Root Cellar

This hillside root cellar has a stone wall interior and a deep, 3.5 metre, entrance into the cellar. Built in circa 1860 by Scottish immigrant, John Kennedy, the […]

Cupids Cellar

The stacked stone cellar at Cupids Cove Plantation, constructed circa 1610.

Potato Garden, Trinity

Potato garden in flower, Trinity, Trinity Bay, with the Hiscock House Provincial Historic Site in the background.

Lamswood Root Cellar Potato Pounds

Potatoes stored in pounds inside Bill Lamswood’s root cellar in Portugal Cove-St. Phillips. This root cellar was originally built in the 1850s by Richard Squires and is still in […]

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 […]

Andrew Boland of Outer Cove

June 17, 2011 – Julie Pomeroy and Crystal Braye ask Andrew Boland what a root cellar is. Interviewer: Can you tell me what a root cellar is? Andrew […]

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 […]

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.

Crocker Root Cellar

Exterior of Crocker Root Cellar in Bradley’s Cove, Newfoundland. This root cellar was built in circa 1830 and is a very rare example of a steeply-gabled, stone corbel-vaulted […]