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Store onions in a cool, dry, and dark location, such as a pantry, mudroom, garage, basement, or root cellar.
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Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Mar. 2026
The Granite State has a deep, rich tradition of apple farming that dates back to the 1700s, when colonists cultivated this humble fruit, which could be stored in root cellars for sustenance all winter long.
—Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Aug. 2025
But just below the shelves of food lays an open root cellar.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
Cache pits are like root cellars, as Elizabeth Ortiz, an archaeologist and cultural resource manager at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER), the military complex where the discovery was made, says in a statement.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Feb. 2025
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Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Mar. 2026
The Granite State has a deep, rich tradition of apple farming that dates back to the 1700s, when colonists cultivated this humble fruit, which could be stored in root cellars for sustenance all winter long.
—Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Aug. 2025
But just below the shelves of food lays an open root cellar.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
Cache pits are like root cellars, as Elizabeth Ortiz, an archaeologist and cultural resource manager at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER), the military complex where the discovery was made, says in a statement.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Feb. 2025
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“Root cellar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/root%20cellar. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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