The family helped clear away unwanted things and Aimee swept down cobwebs, dust, and crumbling bits of mortar from the walls. Copious quantities of Quickrete were applied to holes in the walls and floor. Then Aimee mixed up a large amount of whitewash (water, hydrated lime, salt, and a little elmer’s glue) in a galvanized steel bucket and proceeded to paint the whole space.
Many evenings and mornings passed, and it was the first step done.
I don't understand. Your concern for the plant kingdom is impressive, but why do the roots need a cellar? Is it for them to hide in during a tornado?
ReplyDeleteYes. A freezing snow tornado, otherwise known as winter. The roots must be kept cool, but just above freezing. If we keep them in the house, it's too warm and they go bad. If we keep them outside, they freeze solid and are only good for...nothing I guess. So we must protect the roots in the cellar.
ReplyDeleteDidn't God/evolution make the roots able to withstand winter and grow again in the Spring?
ReplyDeleteYes, I suppose that's true. But what if you want to pull the roots out now and eat them during the winter (and not wait till the spring when the ground has thawed so you can dig things out)? If we had to wait till the spring, there would be no potatoes, no carrots, no turnips, rutabagas, celeriac, beet, radish, or other root vegetable for months! And besides, we're also storing non-root vegetables like winter squash, onion, garlic, apples, pears, and all of our canned things.
ReplyDeleteGod/evolution has also taught us humans how to store things up over the winter so we don't starve. =)
Oh, nuts. You're right.
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