My Cold Room FOOD STORAGE Tour & Transformation | Prepping for a Years Worth of Food Storage 

Oh I love how this project turned out! Bonus: the transformation was practically free. Can't wait to bring ALL the crops in from the garden!

I just want you to know I'm 16 and I've been watching you for a year now and you've been such an inspiration to me

I just love how you all just embrace the fact that your home is over 100 years old. Most people wouldn't be caught dead storing their carrots In bins filled with wet dirt! The wonderful mother earth not only give us a luscious bounty of food, and a place to keep them cool. Well done Elliott family!

I was so touched by the goodness of this family, it brought tears to my eyes, I know that sounds kinda cheesy, but my heart longs for a life like this, pure goodness. I'll get there! See you on the other side, in the mean time thanks for inspiring and for bringing genuine truth and goodness to youtube. God Bless

Yes, in Russia a cool room under the house was something traditional, before people started moving into cities. Then, when that became a thing, the Soviet Union created communal cooling spaced for each building, where people would store fermented foods, potatoes and tubers, etc. Even today, most people have a cool room in such communal spaces (some as their private property, some under rent). It is quite practical. Though in the XXI century, many young people believe it to be obsolete, but personally, I have recently invested in one for my small family (since the one we shared with my Grand-mother just didn't suit us, being overly humid), and I think that as the idea of eco-living and growing what you eat becomes popular again, it will become more and more popular with people of my generation.

Here in Italy, we store our food in the stone cantinas with vaulted stone ceilings. Been doing it that way for centuries. Stone moderates the temperature all year (not too warm in summer, not too cold in winter) and they are on and sometimes under or built into the earth.But there has to be some air flow, usually with a small window or two to prevent mold in the wet seasons.

I see a little boy who really loves his mom!

I have wonderful memories of my Italian grandparents. They both came over from Italy in their mid-teens to live the American Dream and that they did. They spoke mainly Italian with family, so I learned a second language by the time I was 4. Gramma was a housewife raising 10 kids, while Grampa built up a very successful painting company that is now run by his grandchildren and great-grandchildren after my uncle retired. We had parties and family gatherings almost weekly at their home as weather permitted. Grampa built up his grape arbor to be 15'x25' with bunches of grapes hanging down and tables and chairs set up all season long. There was an old double sink for washing what he grew in his garden with grapefruit-size white sweet peaches, almonds, and plump figs, and the apple tree that grew 3 varieties of apple on it from grampa's magic grafting abilities. In the fall we all would gather in the summer kitchen set up in the basement during the grape harvest time. He also had a cold storage room with balls of cheese and dried sausages hanging in there with canned goodies gramma made, and of course 3-50-gallon wood barrels full of wine he made. During the harvest time which was over two weekend-long pressings that everyone participated in, even the kids. We ate, we dance the tarantella, and we would go home exhausted from the eating, the laughter, and the pressing. I wanted a cold room too, but this house has a half-finished cinder block room with a furnace and washer and dryer in it. To warm to store anything in. Love yours! (grampa's garden had a pit at the back that all of the grass clipping, kitchen scraps, and garden scraps went into in layers, then another layer of soil and on and on. Then next spring he dug the pit again, using the compost made from the previous season).

Very interesting ..I wish to know more please about storing the carrots in humid hearth

Would love to learn more on storing for winter. We recently built a root cellar so still learning alot..

If you didnt know, you can use the carrot heads in pesto to bulk it out and add more nutrients. Just love all you videos so much. Thankyou x

That was nice to watch. I love watching homestead videos with my first cup of coffee. Ever inspiring. Your Life looks beautiful, GREAT JOB! ❤️

It turned out so nice. No expensive remodel required. Can you do a video on how the room is refrigerated? I would give my husband's left foot for a room like that!

I live in the UK and find you and your lovely family enchanting. I also have a country kitchen with the fridge and freezer reallocated to another space. I would love a root cellar like yours for my preserves but alas my home is built on rock. Love and best wishes to you all and thank you for sharing your lives with us.

Oh how I wish we had a cold room like this for storing homemade and homegrown foods!! I’m envious. We love the old fashioned ways of food preservation and obviously so do you.

It makes me smile to see you raising your children like this. AND I loved the music!

I would love to have a nice walk in cooler in my basement. Right now we have a smallish cold room and a cool room for dry storage. Keeping root veg in dirt is one of the easiest ways that I learned as a child to keep the harvest longer. Love how you make it a family event as it should be.

What’s the temperature of the cold room? In order to keep butter from going off? 👍🏻

Greetings from Melbourne Australia, I also live in a 100 year old property which has been modernised. It is magnificent what you have done to the Elliott Homestead in such a short time. I admire your courage in you're English influence of the traditional cottage garden & house style and way of life 😊 which you are building as a family.

Gorgeous!!! I love how the kids aren't even concerned that the carrots are "dirty". That's how mine are too. Just a quick brush off if needed.

For everyone asking, she made a video once about the walk in cooler. They insulated the space really well. Then added an AC unit and bought something that hacks the AC unit to bring the temp down a lot colder. Or maybe that was Parisienne Farmgirl who did the video...

show us HOW you make use of the fermented foods!

What at good feeling to have, starting bringing in some of the harvest . I couldn't help but laugh. Elderflower gin cordial , it reminds me of the sisters on the Waltans. They always had a cordial. it was good for everything. Papa's recipe. I really enjoy your video's. thanks Joyce

Look at the Blessings from your garden. When we work hard on God's land using our hands. Hope the Lord Bless and keep you during these times. Simply lovely.

It’s like your own farmers market every day! 😍 love all the bins and baskets. Such a sweet family ♥️

I just stumbled onto this video/channel. That little boy hugging you so tightly in the beginning is just so precious ❤️

Your farm is just so sweet! Loved the music on this one too - so happy and summery. Would love to learn more about how you preserve your harvest - like how you were storing your carrots.

some of those carrot tops go very nicely in a soup - tasty

I’m really enjoying your videos, first discovered yesterday. Will you please share the details of the cold room? ... including how it is constructed, the cooling source, and its maintenance. If there’s a video on this subject, please direct me to it. Thank you

Simply lovely. Wishing you a bountiful harvest for 2020!

How did u make the elderflower gin cordial? Think it could work w/ vodka? Just planted some elderberry after watching 1 of your videos that showed u making elderberry syrup. It looked so good! How long does your elderberry syrup last? What's your recipe?

Wondering why the carrots get washed before storing. You are storing them in compost or potting soil?

Cheers to you! Those carrots are gorgeous! And your root cellar project is just lovely. Found your channel a few months ago, love what you are sharing. Thank you for awesome inspiration!

I really like the cooler! Do you have a video on the the set up or install of the cooler?

Beautifully done. Wonderful to see families working Tigray her. Blessings Always🇨🇦

Nifty😘. At first I thought you were going to put pavers on the floor. Everything looks nice. I never knew that’s how you store carrots. Maybe sometime you can tell us how it’s done and why. I will never do this because of my health but it’s nice to watch and learn.

I love videos about your cold room!!!!❤️❤️❤️

I love this. Thank you. I just moved into our 100 year old home. I found some empty drawers and can't wait to fill them with storage. I love the walk in cold storage. I hope their is a video on how you made it.

Beautiful cottage; beautiful garden; beautiful family! 💖

That boy loves his mama ❤️❤️❤️

No root cellar or cold rooms in Fl.... It barely gets cold enough to even kill a Skeeter in Florida's so called winters. LoL.

So inspiring! I planted carrots for the first time this Spring. I get to harvest next week and I’m so excited! 😆 I love your gardening videos.

Lovely! ♡ I love how the shelf turned out, especially with those old crates. ♡

I loved the cheerful music! I loved your beautiful space . I can imagine a lot of work went into it. Great job! You inspired me to take an area in my home that is not no nice lol and bring beauty to it! Happy Fourth of July ! -nancy

Shaye this is beautiful. To God be all the glory. I love your kids snacking on the fresh carrots.

Loving your channel! What a amazing idea to have a cold room

Do you have a video on how you made your cold storage room and how cold it is ect?? I love this and have basement in an old house (about 70 years old) and would love to do this!!

This is really amazing. I am an interior designer and can really appreciate the beauty youve created here :). Blessings

Do you store the beets the same way you store the carrots? In moist soil.

Your family is so bless with a lot of food. 🙏❤️

Thank you !! You have inspired me to make a walk-in cooler in my house 🙌🏽 I love your backdrop, it is all so pretty 😍

Looks good and love the music.

Wow what a awesome cooler!!! I never knew you could store vegies like that. Very interesting. 💖💜💖

Ready for all the blessings from your harvest 🙏🏻

Such a beautiful space, it came out great!!Alright, you’ve inspired me...I need to get ours cleaned out and under control before harvest time too. We’re still a few weeks behind you all.

We sell vacant land that can be developed into a residential area. Surely our customers would love this video to get some ideas on how to start. Thanks for this video!

I wished there was a wow or a love button. I love your place and btw my last name is also Elliott so your farm is even more special. LOL

Wow! Ypu did very well with your carrots! I guess all your hard work with preparing the soil definitely looks like it paid off

New sub here. I really like your cold storage room. I will be looking over some of your older vids.

So this is a random question, what type of microphone did you use when you were filming your intro? You sound so crisp and clear, I love it!

God’s blessing Is so bountiful. Loved the music

What part of the country is this incredible place. Our old family homestead in Oklahoma had a cellar they used to store food.

I would live with this beautiful family!

How do you keep rodents out of there??? We live in Central Florida, Oh, how wish we could have a cold room or root celler

How cold is your cold room?? Would love to have one myself but not sure my cellar is cold enough!

I'm STOKED on my basement cold-room build out. Built it last winter but didn't get the ventillation/air-flow to the outside cold worked out and installed until this week (mid 90's currently, night-time 80-ish - not really optimal at the moment). Can't wait for Oct for the cold nights to fire it up and get 'er goin'. I've split mine into two - cool storage and cold storage. Two different zones sealed off with two separate vent settings. I plan on keeping one in the 30's (as much as possible depending on outside temps) and one in the mid 50's [F]. Winter operations will simply be venting to outside cold air. Next summer we add the CoolBot for full, year-round walk-in cold room.

I just finished my three year long project of a root cellar at our subdivision "homestead," and then we moved! In our "Michigan" basement (dirt floor), there is a crawlspace to a back room. I'd like to convert this into a new root cellar by putting insulation in the crawlspace, and constructing an egress from the outside for access.

Beautiful! I would love to know more about this elderberry gin cordial!!! Sounds very interesting and tasty! Are there any videos about this?

Thank you for the calmness you bring me

Lovely old fashioned cool room! We built a new farm cottage in 2016 and the back half of the cellar is into the hillside. It stays cool. Perhaps one day we will section the far corner to be even cooler. Just started having mouse issues. The cats proudly brought us two and we have set lots of traps. So the items on the cellar shelves are glass or canned goods. I use the gallon glass jars with 4" metal lids, but they can be heavy if filled with rice. I just started to fill Ball 1/2 gallon wide mouth jars. I can vacuum dry seal them with the Food Saver attachment. Much easier to handle this size. Is there a way of dry vacuum sealing the 4" lids?

It would be nice if when people do videos they would include the zone that they live in and the varieties of fruit trees and such that they are growing successfully, and which have problems.

Our growing season is a bit behind this year (or, glass half full, maybe they've been way ahead in the few previous years)...so we're just beginning to see our gardens burst forth, but this video makes me anxious to begin harvesting in earnest! Love your cellar and cooler room!

Oh it turned out so nice! Proud for you!!! I would love to have one! You had some big jars of fermented foods. I tried it and got mold! Ugh! May try again. Your home is so inviting and cozy feeling. Love your channel!

I think this is one of your best videos. The quality is outstanding. Great music choice.

Beautiful music!

Interesting storage information. Thank you for sharing. Your walk in looks wonderful now. Thanks for sharing. BLessings.

Excellent cold room.

Turned out fantastic. Inspiring. I have always wondered about the victorian trick of storing the carrots in soil in a root cellar. I tried it once with sand but it didn't work. Is it the compost, sand or garden soil you use to layer the carrots in?

I love your videos. Loving the garden, good storage, then cooking with it videos.

Beautiful family

Would really love to know what exactly you were doing with the carrots?

Look at the cream line on that milk!!

Your videos have been exceptionally beautiful and inspiring lately. Thanks for sharing the beauty ✨

I’m loving the dirt food storage wow

Do you save the apricot kernels to make Noyeaux extract? It's like almond extract but SO much better and can be used in baking :)

I’m sure this is a silly question, but why do you clean the carrots, only to store them in dirt again? I have decided my next home will reunite a root cellar/cold storage! This is super neat too see.

Very beautiful video, the farm is amazing! ❤️

Beautiful. I want a cold storage spot as well. Working on my husband. Yours looks amazing and now I am starving and full of envy :) And your Rosemary is to die for. Do you grow it from seed? Wonderful video.

If you thin those apricots out when they are tiny, you'll get just as many pounds of them, but each one will be bigger. Makes less work to pick AND preserve when the time comes. Same for any other tree fruit.

You are always doing such fun projects!!

Would it be possible to see a video on how you gather, prep and store your herbs?

I so love your editing. Every video, every time.

You can make a really yummy pesto using the carrot tops in place of basil. But that cow looked very excited

How do you keep the room cold enough for milk?

Beautiful video as always. Can you please tell me where you found your kitchen wallpaper?

Thank you ...great video. Question... can I use sand instead of dirt to store the carrots. I just was reading how healthy and great to make pesto using carrot greens and sunflower seeds. With all the uncertainty in our World and our Corn Crop destroyed with our solos everyone I know is learning food production and storage. Thank you so much for all your hard work.

Lovely and practical as well. I'm curious as to the refrigeration unit you use for your walk in refrigeration and the dimensions of your walk in refrigeration?

I never seen anyone decorating a food seller. Great idea with the lavender!! How long do these carottes last in the cold room? Why do you wash the carrots before putting them in the container with soil?

Learned much. Hard work, but benefits outweighed. Thank you. Another enjoyable video. Happy 4th!

Have you thought about putting your dry goods in canning jars and vacuum sealing or just in the jars; that will keep mice out!