I'm my own GROCERY STORE | Root Cellar Food Storage | Your questions

I'm my own grocery store! Almost. In this video I'll walk you through our root cellar food storage and answer your questions: pests, location, design, humidity, temperatures, what goes where, etc. I hope this is helpful to those of you who are interested in building up your food storage as well!
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[@theelliotthomestead]

I hope you guys enjoy some answers to a lot of your root cellar questions! I'm very grateful for our root cellar and being able to eat seasonal - it is a great gift! Enjoy.

[@sealed2mybff]

I have so many more questions about gardening and storing, and I wish you could be my personal trainer for all things homesteading.

[@countrymousesfarmhouse497]

Great video. I really enjoyed the details you gave. Thank you for another 'Amazing lesson with Shaye' episode. Lol. 🥰🥰

[@AndersonChronicles]

Shaye, do you mind sharing your lip color in this video? It is lovely 😍

[@SimpleLivingAlaska]

Such a lovely video, really appreciate your message on food preservation 😃

[@sunray9060]

Yay so happy to see a channel I watch watch another channel that I watch ^_^

[@laurensim2779]

@@sunray9060 lol me too!

[@jennygirl8849]

Me too...... I have learned so much from these families.

[@the.annethology]

Omg I'm such big fans of SLA and Elliott Homestead 😍 you guys are such an inspiration!!!

[@ladykfirst]

Who needs the Food Network or TLC when you can watch and absorb a 'homemade' channel,run by family...who Loves the Lord! Talk about Freedom🤸🏿‍♀️

[@hannahc4266]

why do they need to be religious?

[@ladykfirst]

@@hannahc4266 Loving the Lord has nothing to do with religion...They are a Christian family

[@hannahc4266]

@@ladykfirst yes, it does; but cool, I guess? Not a vibe I caught on to. But even if they weren't religious, wouldn't make a difference in their content.

[@ladykfirst]

@@hannahc4266 nope..it really doesn't..I love their channel and her heart for God

[@leesa9615]

@@hannahc4266 that’s not what she said sheesh

[@dione.c.3432]

Don't store cabbages and onions together because they make each other rot faster.....it's a bit like the way bananas will make other fruits ripen/ rot faster. I ripen rock hard avocados by putting them in a brown paper bag with a banana. I learned about cabbages and onions from the Veggie Boys here on YT. They're professional vegetable growers so they have a lot of experience in knowing what not to store together. I hope this helps. Cheers. ~D.

[@davielawrence3773]

That also works with apples! They evaporate ethylen, which makes everything around ripen faster

[@carybradley3968]

Yes! and onions and potatoes should be separated too.

[@sonjadez9712]

Thank you for the avocado hint.

[@salemthorup9536]

Well, we gotta get going on a root cellar and cold room because we're food snobs AND doomsday preppers. Lol

[@danaqueen139]

I am very interested to hear how you process your meat animals. Do you do it all yourself or send them off to “freezer camp”?

[@marinaanderson3457]

This is how my grandmother and parents had to "shop" when they lived in Russian in the 80s and 90s. Due to supply chain difficulties, particularly with produce, you basically had to eat what you were able to buy/grow and preserve from the summer. They did all of this while living in a soviet-era 2 bedroom apartment! My grandmother would grow a ton of produce during the summer at her "dacha" or country house and then bring it all back to her apartment for the winter, pickle and preserve what she could, and store the remainder in a makeshift root "cellar," which was just a cupboard that had a draft in a very cold and unheated kitchen!

[@brittanydw1148]

Talk about resilient! That's probably way harder in an apartment.

[@alinapatricia8639]

I so appreciate your non-doomsday perspective. Thanks!

[@austinbonde9041]

We move onto our homesteading property in 10 days and this makes me so excited to grow my own food and feed my family with it. Great video!

[@AmyJayOnTheWay]

It’s wild that I only live a couple hours from you and yet you live in a desert and I basically live in a water balloon. 🥴

[@sealed2mybff]

Yep. I used to live up in the northwest corner of Washington, about an hour from the border. Very different climate there than what the Elliots have.

[@Jeff-rd6hb]

Yeah, I'm up near Bellingham. I'm glad I've got a lot of spare & scrap lumber in my shop because the way it's been raining I'm going to need to start building an ark.

[@ecocentrichomestead6783]

You build a root cellar the same way you build a basement. Dig a hole, build walls, and backfill around them. A strong, super insulated roof is necessary.

[@natalieoaklander4920]

I'm planning on starting a garden come spring. I'm sure I'll be referring to your videos along the process. This will be my first garden.

[@Lindsayloowhoo]

Ill be doing the same🙌

[@theelliotthomestead]

Awesome! There's nothing like your first garden . Enjoy!

[@RaechelleJ]

Should learn now

[@melvinajessop696]

Were did u get your Espresso machine? Is it very expensive? Love all your great information. Learning so much from u. I live in utah very dry, hot. Our fall, winter , spring are cold .. I would love a root cellar. Thanks for all u do. Your house looks so invited, cozy love love the look.. 💯💚💛💜

[@leahk5229]

This is awesome and so inspiring. But as a Canadian I had to giggle when she said that Washington state is in the North part of North America 😀

[@copperpenny0209]

I live in Central Texas and purchased a 100+ year old home about 8 years ago. The property came with a small root cellar on the property (inground) so it's not one you can walk into conveniently. You made good a good point about the need for root cellars in the warmer climates. I imagine my root cellar is as big as it needs to be and is located perfectly on the property for various times of the year when you would need to use it. I'm encouraged to figure out how to make it suit my needs. I hate mice, but I have cats who love them. And then there's the snakes. Where there's mice, there's snakes. My cats run them off too or at least alert me when one is nearby. Cats are great!

[@AmyJayOnTheWay]

We do Charlotte Mason homeschooling. Wondering if I can manipulate cheese-making into being a handicraft. 😏

[@MichaelAuthorAllAges]

This looks like a great Channel, with great stay close to the earth self-sufficiency type videos. Liked, shared and subscribed. I'm looking forward to seeing your videos. Have a great day! :-)

[@Kittykat5kits]

You also don’t have to risk COVID exposure by going to the grocery store in your root cellar

[@Homesteadhow]

So happy I found your channel needed to know this!

[@ЮлияЕрмакова-ы1я]

I love your sweater!!! Very nice!🙌🏻

[@katehendricks3427]

Would you mind sharing where you got your sweater? It's lovely!

[@emilybenedetto3607]

GREAT SWEATER !!!

[@dugchris2009]

Thanks for sharing. I see you finished the wall to go down to your food storage. Looks very nice.

[@nikkidee0411]

😂 My toddler calls my pantry my grocery store.

[@mattsara2802]

I love getting to see your root cellar! We have never had one but I have come to realize over time just like you said finding a space in your house is possible. Our home was originally a duplex and has a completely unused separate stairwell that happens to be unheated. It may be unconventional to have stairs full of food but it is a Blessing! Thanks as always for sharing ... inspirational!

[@FarmhouseTeas]

Lovely as always. How do you keep so many pretty dishes and things with kids? We don't use anything fancy but the teen boys always seem to break them and drop them. And the toddler too. Live the root cellar. Western Oregon where we are has so many mold issues! We are still figuring out how to store things like carrots and cabbage even in a spare fridge. They seem to go limp and moldy.

[@lucindahinostroza8010]

Love your sweater

[@courtneyhartman3130]

Ok, I just found a new favorite channel.

[@michellegousios566]

I wish I had a garden it is definitely in my future plans!!!

[@theelliotthomestead]

Before we had a garden, I had a small plot on someone else's property. It's a great way to get started!

[@brittanybrown273]

You just made my day! We grew and stored garlic this year as well as butternut squash. It's such a great feeling pulling those two things from our shelf. This year we have started having full meals straight from our farm. We just need to grow about 5 times more next year! The grocery store is so mundane now.

[@theelliotthomestead]

Isn't pulling from your storage wonderful! The garden lives on!

[@brittanybrown273]

I'm even having enough self control to replant the last 3 garlic bulbs instead of eating them. And the garden lives on and on again (we hope!).

[@Mylacbell]

Another beautiful video with lovely music! I appreciate the hard work and artistry being put into your channel. I've started gardening recently and learning to grow my own food with the small space I have. I hope to have a homestead with a root cellar full of homegrown foods one day... Thank you

[@rachaelboon8668]

Love the wrap around wallpaper🥰

[@theelliotthomestead]

It's FINALLY up! Ha.

[@sustainablehomestead1974]

Love this! I just started preserving food this year and I hope to have a big root cellar some day.

[@rachelfree4120]

I send my kids “shopping” down in the storage room ❤️

[@acolley2891]

Mine would think that was so much fun!

[@fourseasonsnorth]

Always wonderful to hear from others who have experience to share regarding preserving food. Up here in Northern Alberta, we have a buried C-can that we covered with dirt for our root cellar. Really appreciate your poetic and artistic approach to food and food preparation :)

[@bassmanjr100]

Just watching some Elliot Coleman. We can all grow a lot more in winter than we think. You have a nice channel and I really enjoy it BTW. Thank you!

[@kathym2563]

When we owned a small homestead we used to say...I am going shopping in the cellar.....Now we say I am going shopping in my garage as we have items stored in there during the winter.

[@heatherwylie4743]

I was making a roast while watching this and forgot about garlic until Shaye talked about storing garlic 😅 thanks Shaye!

[@laurenschneider1777]

Ironic how Zero sugar Gatorade and prepackaged fried onions come up as the ads for this video. Hilarious! Thanks for the beautiful video!

[@elizabethranstrom6800]

Most beautiful grocery store! Seriously lovely to see all the food you have put up and thank you for the very concise description and explanation!

[@brittanydw1148]

That little meal looks so amazing, spiritual even! 💙 my husband and I are foodies and want to be more self reliant so this is such an inspiration and are planning our future homestead. My Grandpa was an Amish butcher and my grandma was a baker, so I had some devine meals and bacon all the time! They had amazing apples, gardens and grape vines I would live off of in summer. Grandpa made root beer for us and grandma made field tea or meadow in the summer nothing better. So blessed to have had that and I'm working hard to provide that in the future. City life isn't where my heart is.

[@pjbenne1]

WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN SELLING SOME OF YOUR POSiUTO I will buy some from you.

[@theelliotthomestead]

There is prosciutto for sale online... we don't harvest enough to sell. Good luck!

[@karenlyle322]

The food looks delicious 😋. Great video!!!

[@leslikuyweski4576]

How satisfying to be able to enjoy the fruits of your labor all year round! I remember my great grandmothers root cellar. I was always fascinated by the jars of canned fruits and vegetables lined up like soldiers. She was a great cook too. Fond memories! Thanks for all the information you share. I enjoy your videos.

[@ThatGardener]

It’s so inspiring to live off your farm! I wish to do this in the future.

[@ediewall6360]

Living in Western WA. I have plenty of land, BUT, I really want to grow indoors for winter. Any resources for growing veggies indoors??Thank you.

[@catherinecunningham7126]

This was such a great video you guys! Those pickles looked amazing! My husband and I are planning to move from Oregon to Arkansas and want to get away from grocery store and restaurant food as much as we can for health reasons and the culinary aspect as well.

[@RosaLopez-zw2ff]

Those that grow and eat homegrown are the best people. Such a well stocked root cellar. Amazing!

[@patriciacinea3097]

Helpful in learning to be more self-reliant.

[@branned]

Way cool!

[@annregan5330]

Hi the elliotts we have an small allotment here in UK I love having a go at growing different vegetables but I haven't got a wonderful root cellar like yours great video and your jumper is so lovely suits you bless you take care.♡♡

[@sarahburke1576]

I love you showed actually going down the steps. Whenever you cook in your kitchen I always wonder what’s behind that wall?😂

[@kensmithler5965]

Love your channel, always so educational and very interesting how you decorate with neat old things. We hardly ever see Stewart any more.

[@sagelavender3281]

Whoever wants to know to build a cellar, check out Shaw James, my self reliance on KZbin. He’s building one,

[@mysticridge6975]

So enjoyed your root cellar tour, and your inspiring food storage ethics.

[@jeanneamato8278]

Bay leaves repel weevils and food moths.

[@hollyredmond4294]

You're videos are so peaceful, thank you!

[@julia-cx6mr]

This was so fun Shaye thanks for sharing with us! It’s our first year on our homestead , you are goals ✨💛

[@BelindaTN]

In our area (TN), the garage is great in the winter, but way too hot in the summer, for food storage. Houses with basements work well, though. I have always wanted a house with a basement.

[@runecscapeman]

I want to send you a thermometer w a humidity gauge. Lol. I’ve been putting the two I have in different places to see where I can store food.

[@jackiehorsley9263]

I can really see where your coming from when you say you live out In the Styx's putting up food Is a nice thing to do

[@brittanydw1148]

I'm literally eating pickled beets 😅 my favorite p💙💙

[@adreaminfocus]

I’ve just made out my list of all the things I like to eat and how much of it is possible to store. Thank you for the inspiration x

[@7ajhubbell]

Thank you.

[@hilaryrodriguez8712]

Would you say you save a lot of money by sustaining your family with your farm? Or is it similar at all to your previous years with grocery shopping?

[@joannecomanic5940]

Do you store cabbage in fridge cold or reg. Storage? I new at this. Thank you

[@datumzinememories]

Love watching your vlogs all the food looks delicious.

[@mpedals]

im so use to storing without a root cellar, good for you,,,,,its hard, but our health depends on it, feeding five out of our garden is hard, to say the least,,but we do it,,

[@katsgardenkitchenandmore9050]

I use a lot of bay leaves in my containers to keep the critters out, I have also heard of people putting bay leaves on their shelves behind their stuff to keep the critters out.

[@kingspal99]

layout eucalyptus for pest for mice peppermint Apple cider poured in open gar with a paper funnel

[@nancycowan6109]

That was delightful. Thank you, ❤️

[@annaparmater4370]

Love this! Do you have a video about how you made the cold room?

[@rabiahayee4170]

I love your vlogs... N your farm....

[@theelliotthomestead]

Wonderful Thanks for watching!

[@chrisseiler6819]

Do you still have your IG account? I can’t find it.

[@homesteadingpastor]

Hello! Just found and subscribed to your channel, looking forward to watching more informative videos about food storage and other great canning ideas. Watching from South Carolina. GOD Bless. 🙏🏻🙏🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@kindred1113]

I just love your videos.....Your family is so lovely and so are you.....stay blessed.....MINDY

[@theelliotthomestead]

Thank you Mindy!

[@micv9617]

🙌love this well spoken 🙌🦅🦅🦅

[@katriensmuts5674]

I love the music in this video.

[@КлубРыболовный]

А, говорят, рукой сметать со стола - к бедности... Врут!

[@idreamintrees1391]

This was fabulous 💕

[@rajich8022]

Cool ,I used to stay in WA ,Redmond

[@downeastermaineusa3794]

Is she selling makeup , too ??

[@jojoply]

That food looks amazing.

[@mod690]

Yes im a gardener! But I enjoy learning more. Thank you for the tips, i have turned half my Indiana basement into a root cellar. Onions are hanging and canning done. Well I can all year!! I am planting a vineyard next year and looking forward to my new elderberries next year. Thankyou!

[@berrypatch5583]

Indiana is great for growing...and then it is nice to get a 3 month break before starting peas and colder veges in late February. It seems some growing continues into late October or even November when there is a late cold snap. I think having a break season is nice.

[@jessicagarrison1385]

Could one store in straw instead of soil? Thanks! LOVE LOVE your ways! ❤❤❤

[@happylovejojo1763]

I have my onions by the front door of my apartment.. Farthest away from the boiler pipes. #cityliving

[@springbird21]

So interesting & fascinating! I live in the SF BAY AREA but will not be doing this but glad you are here to help others; found u via Parisienne Farmgirl! Thank you!

[@suzanne6441]

I LOVE your wallpaper, is it painted on the walls or a wallpaper - in which case - where is it from? I just found your blog and adore it - love your storage - great ideas, thanks!

[@kathryncartier5970]

The kitchen door trimmed out and the paper finished going down to the cellar :D WOOT ! WOOT ! Congratulations it looks great !!! Good job , Stew. I'm looking forward to doing my "grocery " store some day . Happy and Blessed Thanksgiving to you all

[@pameladecicco6509]

Girl, love y'all. When you served Justin those beautiful eggs/tomato...well...love you. You are amazing. Love talent..Stu's music and you make me cry, because you are using what Creator gave you. Bless.❤🍀🇮🇪

[@jimwilliams9799]

Keep up the great work. The food looks amazing and I am definitely going to try this recipe. LETS BE FRIENDS. If not, still keep the videos coming. I am here for them.

[@northstarprepsteader]

Shea, it's very easy and much cheaper to make your own maple sugar!

[@RR-ep6uc]

I have learned so much from your videos. Love your sweater. You are very classy and knowledgeable. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving. Keep those videos coming 😊😊

[@providencegrove4600]

Can we take a moment and celebrate you cheese making and potatoe growing victory?🥳🥳🥳 B-E-A-UTIFUL!!!

[@heatherwilliamson9232]

Did I miss where she said how the colder room is cooled? Is it just further under ground or does she have a cooling system in it? We just redid our basement and created an insulated cold room. Now I’m trying to figure out which cooling system to put in. We’re in Georgia.

[@cherylramskill8972]

What kind of coffee/espresso maker do you have? I like the instant hot water feature. 😊. Enjoying the videos, Shea.

[@joanneganon7157]

Nice video. I hope you and your family have a Happy Thanksgiving 🙅🙏. JO JO IN VT 💕😄

[@sheilafarmer81763]

Hello shay we live in Alabama.im trying to start my own herbs .ive been starting our own garden .had a great garden last year. We got 2 freezers. And i love canning. I ve learned to put yougart together at home.i just want elderberry so bad.what else do i need. I got chamomile Echinacea basil dill cilantro. But i don't have a dehydrater..i ve learned alot about flowers warching you. I ordered lavender this year i want so much to grow my own medicine

[@frankhenderson2443]

Love your videos 💜 random thought, I’d love to know what your maintenance routine with your dishwasher is? I love how your videos are all about being healthy and consuming what’s natural and good for your bodies, I just got a dishwasher and apparently cleaning them regularly and keeping the seal clean is a really big thing a lot of people over look. I’d love to know your take on it!

[@Jeff-rd6hb]

Very cool Shaye! I wish I could build a legit root cellar here, but I'm on the soggy side of the state, on flat land, too close to the water table. In lieu of a root cellar I use shelving in my unheated shop, and some old refrigerators set to the warmest temp which ends up around 45-47 degrees. There is a beer fridge too, set at 37 degrees and always stocked, lol.