![No it's not a grave](https://www.scarlettgatelymoore.dev/wp-content/uploads/rootcellar3-768x1024.webp)
Step one: Dig! And more digging. Until you have a 4ft hole. Deep er is better, but for our needs it is enough.
![Digging root cellar](https://www.scarlettgatelymoore.dev/wp-content/uploads/rootcellar1-768x1024.webp)
![Zuccinni managing](https://www.scarlettgatelymoore.dev/wp-content/uploads/zuccinni-edited.webp)
Good management is always important to getting the job done. Thankfully Patch and Zucchini stepped up to the job and kept us working until completion!
![Me and my scoop](https://www.scarlettgatelymoore.dev/wp-content/uploads/rootcellarihelped-768x1024.webp)
My husband laughed at me and my scoop, but the shovels wiped me out fast, however, my little scoop I could do all day long! So I did help, one scoop at a time.
![Bottom of root cellar](https://www.scarlettgatelymoore.dev/wp-content/uploads/rootcellar5a-768x1024.webp)
For the bottom we used an old trailer door and drilled holes in it for the cool air to get through.
![Sand bags](https://www.scarlettgatelymoore.dev/wp-content/uploads/rootcellar5-768x1024.webp)
![Sand bags complete.](https://www.scarlettgatelymoore.dev/wp-content/uploads/rootcellarinside-768x1024.webp)
I filled and he lifted these insanely heavy sandbags into place until it fully lined the hole.
![Homestead Root Cellar](https://www.scarlettgatelymoore.dev/wp-content/uploads/rootcellarfinal-768x1024.webp)
We used an old desk top for the door. We still need to build a frame for the door once we get the parts from barter or trade for labor 🙂 It is functional as is, but the frame will ensure our critters don’t break open the sandbags.
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