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Cellaring: self-sufficient and food secure

Keynote Blogger: Alison Dyer, Root Cellar Researcher

Maberly Root Cellar, Trinity Bay, photo copyright: Alison Dyer

They were once to the garden and field what flakes and stages were to the coves: built by hand, located for access, and essential for a family’s sustenance. Root cellars, a place of riches and rich memories, have been called both a folk craft and a forgotten art.

Finding one of these cellars in an overgrown meadow is like coming across the closet to Narnia – a passageway to another world.

And so captivated, [...]

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