100-year-old Root Cellar Renovation! | Prepping | Stocking a Year's Supply of Food | Heartway Farms

This week we are renovating the root cellar in the basement of our 100-year-old farm house! We're going to rip out the old crumbling shelves, clean it thoroughly, and give it a good coat of paint just to polish it off. Then we'll set to work building sturdy shelves that can withstand the hundreds of pounds of stockpiled, canned goods we want to store down here! Come along and see how we renovate our large family, prepping pantry!
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[@justpatty7328]

Way to go family! Such a lovely friend to gift the wood too. God is good, indeed!

[@kellyhale2778]

Oh thats great! You could even chalkboard paint the front boards so you could write on them what goes where. Great job! Wish I had a root cellar.

[@anniemcelroy2812]

Good idea!

[@sandraschick1916]

What a wonderful suggestion!

[@michellehommes9773]

My husband put chalkboard paint in my pantry and I love how convenient it is when I'm putting up my preserves.

[@marieparks5674]

That cellar is in amazing condition, at least the bones of it. Great shelves

[@dumbbunnie123]

Your cellar is a time capsule! I am in my late 60"s and I remember the nippy mustard!

[@kathysparks6338]

Lots of hard work and time, but how helpful this will be. Really looks nice! God bless

[@jeremyannconard8134]

What a blessing to have! Hi Annie....I'm an Annie too lol. Also, a follower of Jesus! Enjoy your channel🙂

[@christinalacquement7497]

The root cellar is stunning. They did a great job. I'm going to show my husband this video when I eventually talk him into making me a root cellar.

[@anniemcelroy2812]

Josh and kids did a great job!!!

[@elaineatthecraftshed1993]

Great video. I don't watch all your videos as I am plant based, but I love to watch those that are relevant to me. Watching your hard working family is really motivating I find, and I'm about to reorganise my bulk food storage area so your two root cellar videos were just what I needed right now to give me some encouragement to get going. I know I need to do better with stock rotation as I've had a few missed items that end up wasted and I hate that. I have kept a well stocked supply throughout the pandemic and now I am in the habit I continue to buy extra for storage with each grocery order which has worked well with current supply and cost issues. Thanks for sharing with us 😊

[@RebeccaRamirez-xp1sb]

How beautifully excellent ❤

[@susantaylor8507]

Love the cellar I love how it turned out

[@kathy3178]

That was so nice of your neighbor! Josh and the kids did a great job. The root cellar looks so much better and way more functional.

[@sherylintheraw]

This will relieve so much stress and bring your entire family ease and peace. You've done a great job! 💪

[@anniemcelroy2812]

Yes, love organization!

[@jojoply]

What a difference !!!

[@MyraAOre]

I love it thank you for sharing you and your wonderful kids done an awesome job, and yes we all know storage is a must god bless you and your beautiful family 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦❤️🥰🙏🏻

[@carolynmills513]

What a blessing to have great neighbors! Josh, you and the kids did a phenomenal job. The house i grew up in had that concrete shelf around a couple of sides and that is where all our canning jars went too. 1 little light bulb, damp corners, and spiders galore. So I know where you are coming from, except yours looked so much better than ours. I would be itching to get stuff on those shelves! Congrats!

[@kylanevins9456]

I feel like I'm looking at our basement! Lol! Lots of old stone, jars of food that's been there for who knows how long, etc...

[@angelsarrived2642]

Wonderful job. Can't wait to see how you organized everything. G-D Bless 🙌 🙏

[@rebeccasanford8607]

Beautiful job!! What a Blessing

[@VictoriaPaxton]

Wow, your hubby did a great job!

[@lisanowakow3688]

You should probably cover he window when you use the top back shelf.

[@jamiedeer2674]

I love your root cellar💗💗💗

[@tinglelingaling6]

I think I am the only person in my family that is not afraid of spider. If at all possible I try to move them outside. There have been a few casualties unfortunately. I have a spider to the left of my door when coming out. The webs are amazing and he/she takes care of other bugs for me. Everyone knows not to touch that web when it is up. lol

[@terraranch1459]

Great job! You two are such a cute couple! Hugs❤️

[@stephaniecurtis4249]

It looks amazing!

[@rebeccaramirez-]

Why the background music...? I throughly love and enjoy learning from your videos...however i usually turn the volume off and turn on closed captions on and read your words...

[@jenniferrosario1489]

If you guys can jelly and jam you could consider making shelves in the far end wall for pint size jars just so you have the space in case you add something else. For instance we're a family of six and I can my ketchup and BBQ sauces in pint size jars

[@carolynmills513]

Or, do you have honeybees? Another great use for pint jars.

[@catheyclarke2132]

Hi what a fantastic pantry Love it great job so jealous 😬 Need this in my life 😍😍xxx

[@teresamexico309]

Great job guys! If I may just a suggestion: use glasses when cutting wood because some knots could go flying and could hurt people. One of the places I get some wood from, they do have all the safety equipment but sometimes the workers do not use it and recently one of them was cutting a piece of wood which had knots and a piece of a knot hit one of his eyes, he lost that eye because retina detachment. He has only social health plan so they said nothing could have done to place the retina back. Maybe, in the private health care(expensive), they could have done something, still most probably not.

[@dhansonranch]

Looks great! Good job! I gotta do the same. Those are some strong shelves!

[@BrendaJBarNett]

Awesome! Great job. Look forward to the tour.

[@ritakramer2051]

Looks great!!!

[@jackieburnett6881]

This is great!! So happy for you. Josh and the kids did a fantastic job. That was a super great idea to chalkboard the lip of the shelf so you can write on them!

[@anniemcelroy2812]

Yes, Josh brought that up to me too. Definitely something to consider.

[@kathyhoot7277]

I know how you feel about shelving! I got a muscle rack shelf for my birthday! I'm tickled pink!

[@edwardzarnowski5558]

Oops in the basement was the summer kitchen and it was connected to a small house they attached to the bigger house out back . There's a well and shelves for canned goods but the really neat thing is there are about six foot shelves notched out of the foundation on all 4 sides of the basement and they are made of fieldstone slabs , They are about 2-3 feet deep into the walls .We were told by the later owner that that is where they would put jars of cream or jars of fruit that they wanted cool. Like if you were having peaches for dessert the stone would be ground temp and chill your jars just to be pleasant for eating -no refrigerator needed 🙂. Your poured concrete shelves may have been the same idea? Science experiment- check the temp of jars on the cement as opposed to the open shelves. There's alot of wisdom in the past. Thanks for inspiring me to clean up our cellar too.!

[@anniemcelroy2812]

😁😁😁

[@milknhoneyheritagefarms4706]

Looks great!

[@diannahart2334]

Great job Josh! Can't wait to see it after it's all been organized!

[@anniemcelroy2812]

Thank you ☺️

[@COWELLGIRL]

Excellent and great job !! So much to be thankful for there ! And your pumpkins and taters will like it to ! Congrats

[@anniemcelroy2812]

Yes, definitely 😁

[@ritahopkins7213]

Wonderful!👍

[@melodysfiresidefarm]

How exciting! Pantry life will never be the same with all that new space!

[@hottlehaus8959]

Fantastic!! You have so much more space to store things. Great job!

[@anniemcelroy2812]

LOVE storage 💖

[@theclosetmusician1945]

It looks amazing! Also saw the tour really awesome stuff! And the space looks so much bigger! ☺

[@ginabennett-patrick1292]

Love it! Can’t wait to see it all full and organized.

[@anniemcelroy2812]

Thursday:):)

[@marilynmarilynohearn476]

You can white was with hydrated lime. Hydrated lime in a bucket will help dry the room out.

[@sarad2083]

Wow! Clearing out the old shelves made the room look twice as big! I'm happy you'll have a better space for food storage now 🙂

[@anniemcelroy2812]

Yes, it looks huge now!

[@Monkchip]

Wow, very nice root cellar.

[@anniemcelroy2812]

Thank you 😊

[@NinfaCarpentergeorgia198]

I would have suggested lime wash on the exterior walls for it’s beathability properties. Oil based paints also breath a bit. Latex does not. But, it’s lookin good!!!

[@karenlyle322]

I love your new pantry!!! Can’t wait to see all the food stored in there 🤗

[@anniemcelroy2812]

Coming on Thursday! :)

[@charlenecardona7365]

Great job!! Looks so much better!!

[@anniemcelroy2812]

Thank you 😊

[@charlenecardona7365]

@@anniemcelroy2812 your welcome!!

[@janetgrooms4008]

Sooo nice can’t wait till pantry tour 👏

[@anniemcelroy2812]

Yay! Thursday!!!

[@lorrilabrecque756]

Wow The floor boards are the same too

[@myla5233]

Looks great. Smart idea using repurpose wood. I like how you used it to make the shelves. Wish I had more storage for my canning.

[@anniemcelroy2812]

Thank you, Myla!

[@PureLace]

Wow, you can really tell how much Julianne is like Josh with how they both speak. The characteristics, facial expressions... so simular and so sweet.

[@anniemcelroy2812]

😁😁😁

[@pem1091]

Having had the privilege of seeing this space first hand, I am amazed at the transformation! I wasn't brave enough to go all the way in : o Good Job!

[@anniemcelroy2812]

Much, much better now, Miss Pat!

[@marilynmarilynohearn476]

Great job

[@janiced.hannah7658]

Awesome ❣❣❣

[@jessicaeiss2541]

That looks great! I have a 121 yr old house, with native limestone blocks for the cellar walls, and unfortunately it isn't a dry cellar. I would love for it to be, so I could have storage like this.

[@quilterjanet]

Sweeeeet!! On the shelf without a railing... use those boxes from costco to store the jars in then slide them on top of the shelf. They make their own safe holding space, .... whatever. Thanks to that neighbor! So nice!

[@cherylpresleigh6403]

It’s amazing the transformation of the space with just the paint and added light. The shelves look so sturdy and it was a great call to add the lip to the front of the shelves! We don’t have a root cellar or basement even so storage is a problem when you preserve your food and need long term storage solutions. What an added blessing to get the wood from the neighbor. Thank you for sharing, I’m looking forward to the final tour!

[@anniemcelroy2812]

Thank you, Cheryl!

[@kathyp3303]

The root cellar came out so good! Oh and also the caramel topping you shared my family absolutely loves it!

[@anniemcelroy2812]

Oh I'm so glad!

[@0824rl0824rl]

Wow, what a talented husband you have. Love the tour, thanks for sharing.

[@carlasworld8571]

Amazing transformation, the root cellar looks so much better and more functional, great job you guys.

[@Adventureswithamy18]

Oh my! This is great! So pretty and that’s without the colorful food! 😂 Love it!

[@davej7458]

Way past time to help you but cleaning up the existing walls pointing up all the cracks with the good mortar mix and then using old-fashioned whitewash to cover the walls it lets moisture in and out but also makes it more sanitary and livable.

[@annettewhite4296]

I take the old jars

[@susansmith7077]

Love it!! You guys are so blessed to have a root cellar in your home!! Did a great job!!

[@millennialwoman4680]

Love your videos! I hhope y'all take advantage of holiday sales and grab good lapel mics- I think it will improve the sound on your videos and overall retention. Happy holidays!

[@gregs-gran2002]

❤️❤️❤️ It looks amazing! ❤️❤️❤️

[@bettyjo5024]

Great job on the cellar.. Thank you for your video's .. Love them all.. Bless you all

[@pamelamagdanz7132]

Wow! How beautiful! Time to get canning!🥰💜

[@redinthethevalley]

Now that is a sturdily built shelving set up! Great job you guys!! Gonna show my hubby this project as we have a root cellar as well but we haven’t used it since before I married him and joined the family farm.. thank you for sharing this with us

[@AndreasCreations]

This looks FABULOUS! I know you all are thrilled after all the hard work that was done. Thank you for sharing :-)

[@beckystallings1179]

Wow! That looks great! You guys did an awesome job of maximizing your space.

[@kathykieler8174]

Great job! It'll be so nice when you get it organized.❤

[@rebeccabodmer5498]

This is fantastic! Great job!

[@countrymousesfarmhouse497]

Thats fantastic. Definitely an improvement and looks great too. I have 1 really good, sturdy shelf that we found on clearance because the box was crushed on one corner. Hubby easily straightened that and its fantastic but everything else is on two old, seen much better days cupboards and a cheaper set of shelves spread through our small house. It works for now, one day we'll have to replace the old bits though. Well done family 😍

[@annaleerose8620]

YAAAASSSSS pantry tour please 😊

[@anniemcelroy2812]

Coming Thursday:)

[@ourlongwayaround9583]

It looks so great!

[@pattymankowski8200]

Awesome job love it

[@anniemcelroy2812]

Thank you

[@Imjetta7]

Awesome!!

[@anniemcelroy2812]

Thank you

[@rosemarywilliams9969]

😱Bless good neighbors because wood of any type is super expensive and hard to find right now. Won't be able to put up fencing until hopefully next year in our tiny home. YES if you have wood you have to build shelving🤗

[@lisapaul8323]

Love this ❤️ Great job! Really great use of space ❤️

[@susanwalt4659]

You should whitewash the walls. Will keep things cleaner.

[@anniemcelroy2812]

😁😁😁

[@Sa.l.v.122]

Muito obrigada por compartilhar.

[@pennywillis8895]

Where the stone shelf is you need to build a wooden shelving unit with no back so you can see the stone wall buy you could have 4 shelves.

[@lorrilabrecque756]

Hello from Ontario I have seen your video and I notice u also have the same cement wall that I have in my old house ...My question is do you know what it is called and why is it there

[@lorenstribling6096]

I am so jealous. I live in an apt. My "pantry" is 5 shelves 12 in. wide and 18 in. deep. What a nightmare! I currently store everything on the floor under my dining table.

[@susantaylor8507]

Oh I wish we could have a root cellar but we live in the south Mississippi

[@carlahabeck4051]

I'm drooling, but a little con cerned about you bucket storage as I have read you shouldn't put them directly on the concrete.

[@angelal6700]

Yeah, facing on the shelves is good. Moved from S. Fla (🌀 alley), to SC, 🌪 a fault line. Eeesh.

[@edwardzarnowski5558]

Eek sorry for the poor typing (Mrs Z)

[@anniemcelroy2812]

That's ok:)

[@edwardzarnowski5558]

Our house was built in 1885 ,a richer gentleman's farm and dairy barnsin the basement of

[@anniemcelroy2812]

Very neat!

[@dvk7353]

Do you or will you have musty or humid mess in your cellar?

[@HeartwayFarms]

It has not been musty thus far.. over the years

[@emilytan6973]

It isn’t safe to set plastic buckets directly on concrete - research it

[@emilytan6973]

Also, exterior paint will end up peeling from moisture - kilz or concrete paint would have lasted longer

[@Ozarkmountainoutback1]

Just a question?? Since you said its moist down there do you have problems with your jar lids rusting?

[@1sunchazer]

Are you using kill paint? Just curious

[@lizarce272]

Just curious, your daughters all wear skirts/dresses including you even for hard farm work, is this a religious preference or just your personal influence? You have one daughter who wears much shorter skirts than the others which leads me to think there is some personal preference! Not judging at all! Just curious.

[@susantaylor8507]

Oh don't throw the old jars away decorate with them

[@andreacoleman616]

Do you worry about rodents

[@ahhotep8]

Too much music and female talking.

[@VictoriaPaxton]

Wow, your hubby did a great job!