Our FOOD STORAGE cellar | How we use it and what's in it!
Vložit
- čas přidán 7. 10. 2022
- Get $50 off your Kamikoto Knife purchase right here: kamikoto.com/theelliott
• How I Store ROOT VEGET...
• Preserving food for wi...
• A YEAR'S WORTH OF ONIO...
• EASY fermented hot sau...
Follow and tag us on IG / username: shayeelliott
To enjoy the biodynamic, organic, small-vineyard grown wines that we do (natural wines with no added yeast, sugar, additives, or colors), click here: dryfarmwines.com/shayeelliott
Subscribe to our newsletter for exclusive content and recipes: shaye.substack.com
Did you know that we teach people just like you how to cook whole-food, farm-fresh foods? cook.theelliotthomestead.com
Shop fine-art prints here:
shayeelliott.com
Filmed and edited by Stuart Elliott
PO Box 369, Malaga, WA 98828
BLOG: theelliotthomestead.com/
INSTAGRAM: @shayeelliott
PODCAST: Homemaker Chic
_______________________
OUR BOOKS:
📚Welcome To The Farm: amzn.to/2mfgQdJ
📚Family Table: amzn.to/2DiF0Mt
📚Seasons at the Farm: amzn.to/2FudAsX
📚From Scratch: amzn.to/2p6KTYj
______________________
CAMERA EQUIPMENT:
📷Camera: amzn.to/2HnocXd
📷Lens: amzn.to/2DlxhgE - Krátké a kreslené filmy
Never apologize for a storage room not being “pretty”, most of us who understand the purpose of these rooms, would LOVE to have one!! They are for a real purpose and you are putting yours to excellent use. I dream of having such a space. Thanks for sharing.
I think a lot of people who now homestead make it really complicated. my family has been preserving for as long as I can remember. Can be as simple or as complicated as you want it to be. We had a cellar that we kept all our goods in. We lived in an old farm house. We canned Green beans, corn, tomatoes, peas, lima beans, pickles, pears, apple sauce, peaches, jams and maybe some other things. We had shelves full of these goods. we froze broccoli, blue berries, strawberries, raspberries, We had lots of different types of potatoes, and winter squash in our root cellar. Our food lasted us all winter and spring. We had lots of different kinds of dried beans. We ground our own flour and made our own bread in our old bread mill. We lived a very simple life and ate simple foods.
Being a herbalist and having around 250-300 herbs, I have found putting bay leaves in containers keeps food moths away. I’ve learned the hard way. Having a shop where my customers expect their herbs sans webs and icky things, I’ve learned what works. This was fun and informative.
So just one dry bay leaf in a package of beans or in a ziplock with flour? Won't the flour smell of bay?
My grandmother and mother put bay leaves in flour. Never had bugs.
@@chessbaeninety-four8337 I use it in all of my different flours and pastas, rice and oatmeal, never any bay leaf smell in anything
That’s interesting. I read a study by a university and they said bay leaves didn’t work to keep bugs out. Maybe it depends on the climate and bug pressure?
with you on that. We put multiple in little organza or cotton drawstring bags and put them in every pantry/food storage place, helps tremendously! Refresh bags once or twice a year!
Seeing people’s cellars and pantries makes me so excited and happy! I have a very tiny space and dream of having storage like this one day.
You need your own show! So much knowledge that you're sharing, thank you!
hearing the top pop on one of your ferments while you're in the cold room is so incredibly satisfying to hear, the entire purpose of your cold storage room! This is wonderful inspiration and I cannot wait to get our underground storage cellar completed!
Lovely tour of your root cellar Shaye, thanks. Yes! focusing on preserving what you know your family will eat is so important. Seeing all the food that one has grown and stored up is one of the best feelings ever and makes us just want to lift our hands and exclaim, "HALLELUJAH!!"
I noticed you have some of those beautiful giant anchor hocking jars with glass lids. They work great for keeping mice and moths out of bulk items. I am always surprised that you have so many bulk items stored in the original paper bags from Azure. If I did that there would be bugs and rodents in everything! That said, you food storage is very inspiring. I would have never realized that my basement has the perfect cold room for food storage until I saw the first pantry tour on this chanel. Thanks for sharing.
I have to transfer everything from the bags as well or put the whole bag into bins that are air tight.
Definitely agree that one should preserve stuff that they eat. My storage looks absolutely different but everyone has its preferences. .
Yay! I love all of your videos but this is by far my favourite format. Keep up all the great, hard work!
I have a unfinished basement that I store some food. I have some shelves I store my canning. I can things like tomato sauce, salsa fermented pickles that I can. I also have 150 lbs of potatoes down there. Last year my potatoes, onions and squash lasted from September till March. I like your idea of making a cold room very clever. I got a lot out of this video thanks for sharing. Louise
I love these videos so much 😭❤ so glad you're back!!
@theelliothomestead I eliminated a 20 year mice/rat problem here on our farm. Mix equal parts of jiffy corn muffin mix and baking soda. The rats can not burp or pass gas and it kills them. I also put 2 tsp of sugar in the mix to encourage them to eat it. This won't harm your other animals. I cut a hole in a container that only the rats/mice can go in and put that inside another container that only the rats/mice can go in. I hope this helps.
I just love ❤️ it all … watching you brings me such joy .. thank you 🙏
We store very much like you - the cellar is smaller, but we have a number of cooler outbuildings so I spread things through there too. Thanks for sharing.
Very cool spaces! Love how they're thought out with so much intention. Do you ever see developing a little workspace next to the freeze dryer? As in take stuff out, jar it up, leave it down there on the shelf.
Hey Shaye, love the cellar. Wish we could have one here in Texas. There is so much limestone it would cost a ton to blast the rock out. I'm a retired chef 28 years and the food grade containers are the best. We love the fermented food and have lot's in our pantry. This year we made a good amount of vinegar. Great video, God Bless, Mike
I absolutely love your heart of Thanksgiving.
This was such a lovely and helpful video! My house was built in 1905 and we have a basement that could be a root cellar except it floods; what wonderful fantasies your video has planted in me for my own root cellar!
I would LOVE to see an Azure haul! I always enjoy seeing those type videos because it helps me with my orders. ❤️
I love love love your cellar videos! The management ideas and VISION have been so important for me! I'd be thrilled for updates mid winter even ❤ Thank you for inspiring me over the years ❤
I love your videos glad your back. I hope you had a wonderful vacation. I have shelves in the basement for my backup preps Fellow youtuber gardener etc over here trying to help people grow there own food. Love and hugs from Pennsylvania Sincerly Melody
Loved this video Shaye!
Great video - thank you.Have you already talked about fermented shredded beats? I do like beets but think fermented might be a good idea for me. Just never thought of them before.
You gave me a lot of idea for when I get a root cellar, thank you!
Just lovely v looking forward to using my freeze dryer this year!
A perfect root cellar video that has inspired me greatly.
I just love your cellar!!!
It would be wonderful to have cellars. They are hard to find here in the South. I have a question...can you include how you use your fermented veggies in another video? I've just begun fermenting, and really don't know how to include them in my meals other than as a side veggie. Thanks for considering this!
In noodles and stir fried, sandwhiches, burritos, on eggs, potato pancakes, wtc
This is so fascinating! ❤
I really enjoyed this Shaye. As a new homesteader it's very helpful to see what works for you and what storage veggies you grow. thanks!
Thank you for this wonderful tour . I am hoping to do the "frig" set up in my basement. Does that room also have a gravel floor?
I'm interested in how it is having your coolbot vent into an interior room. I've only ever used one that vented outside. Does it cause excess humidity in your basement? Is there a noise factor when the air conditioner is running? any other drawbacks?
I operate an authentic 1856 root cellar with original shelving. It has a door in the cellar to help keep it at a specific temperature separate from the rest of the cellar, and tubing to the outside, to keep the temperature lower, which you block off when it's warmer or too cold. You shouldn't have to use a/c in what you are calling a root cellar.
That’s the cold room, not the root cellar.
Can you write a blog post listing your favorite storage varieties of various veggies? It’s hard to find that info on seed packets.
I live in SW Idaho and have pantry moths to deal with. I researched containers that will keep them out(or in, so they don’t infest anything else) and found that clamp top glass jars are basically the only thing that will work. They will chew through plastic bags and get into screw top jars and plastic tubs and other containers. I got a lot of the clamp top jars from thrift stores.
@K Barnes I don’t remember if I found those in my research, it was quite some time ago when I did it and I haven’t tried them yet. I was only looking for kitchen-size containers at the time. I have some wheat I need to put in some rubber sealed buckets. Im going to put oxygen absorbers in with the wheat, just in case there are eggs in the wheat already or they aren’t bug proof.
I’m jealous of you having a root cellar like that. We have a storage room in our downstairs level (walkout basement) but it’s not good enough to be a root cellar. I did notice you have a lot of canned foods that have the rings still on. We aren’t supposed to store them with the rings on. It could create a false seal and your food!
No more duck confit? Thanks for sharing your tips and thoughts on the root cellar!
I've been dreaming for a Food Storage Cellar for a while.. ❤❤❤❤
Thousand Hills Beef Farms where your tallow comes from, started just down the road from where I live in MN. Really good people who practice regenerative farming. Very good products and the only beef I buy at the store because I know where it came from and how it was raised. I found out recently that quite a few of the major retailers are mixing the beef they sell with imported beef! Support american farmers. especially local ones, and keep the economy stronger.
I've noticed some black widows around our place. They seem to love rock. When we turned rocks over they are often under the rock.
Hi, thank you for showing your cellar and sharing what you've learned. How do you store and keep raw milk long term?
Hi, Shaye...please tell me what garlic is best to grow and store long term. I've tried several different ones and I'm getting frustrated as they don't last that long. Thank you!
Thx for sharing a very neat/ cool space
I recall fond memories of Stew building the walk-in Fridge bye His design🐦.
You've done Very well filling it up beautifully 😊.
When Ju Ju was very young you two would go down and She would count Onions xxz🍁🎃.
JO JO IN VT 😆💕
Welcome back. So happy to see you again and I hope you had a great vacation. Love you all from Canada.
thanks for sharing! I would like to hear you and your family do the 30 facts challenge about you all. 🙂
I’m going to try and expand my food storage area. Goals for the homestead
Such a great video!
Black widows will multiply so quickly. Don’t feel bad for keeping your family safe. Sometimes you gotta spray. Thank you for sharing your cellar! Lots of good info.
Question from another home farmer around orchard lands...how do you keep the pesticides out of your soil living surrounded by orchards?
Love it!
I will take function over pretty when it comes to storage areas.
Do you can any of your meats or do you freeze them all?
How do you keep the mice out?? Just started the video, so not sure if you will address this
If you have a dehydrator why also freeze dry? Don't they serve the same purpose? Is one faster or more efficient?
I love these kinds of videos 😍 I definitely have cellar-envy haha
Great storage system
Baking soda for mice sprinkle everywhere they walk. They will lick their feet and the gasses it creates in their bodies will kill them. Baking soda is safe for children and pets. Easy to clean up and reapply, also fairly inexpensive. Living in the country this has been extremely successful for us.
Wow, really? I’ve never heard of this but definitely going to sprinkle my pantry area. I dont have any mice at the moment but this is a new house for us and I’m not sure what winter will bring.
@@Mel-vu9ss I felt the same way when I heard it! We have kids and dogs. The poison isnt safe and far too many curious dogs have been snapped by the traps. This is a fabulous alternative.
@@tristinchristenson6349 We have dogs also (also grown children) and I definitely don’t want my babies getting into poison!! Thank you again!! ❤️
@@DH-qz2so absolutely!
What kind of freeze dryer do you have? Is there a link?
gotta watch previous cellar videos and see how much she has grown
enjoyed your video and I so agree with you on preserving or canning only what you are really going to eat! Tallow - do you use tallow for all your cooking or will you also use oil? I didn't realize you could buy tallow, I am in Calgary Alberta Canada and must investigate this!
Basement envy from FL 😍
Where does the a/c unit drain? Just down on the gravel?
If you have any wine's with cork they must stay on there side always so the cork doesn't dry out.
With the freeze dryer, you should never lose another high-sugar-content onion or shallot!
Do you use the fat from your calf harvest? I make a LOT of tallow from the kidney fat when we have a cow processed. And lard from hog harvest. I get free fat from the processors as well because most of the people where I live don’t want it. I make utility soap and cold processed soap with whatever I’m not going to use for cooking or baking.
Is there a recipe for your tomatillo salsa?
Nice to have a root cellar. I have a cold room. Our house is a old church which we moved onto acreage. We put a basement u deer it and so the basement under the 8x8 bell tower became my cold room. During the winter it holds at 40F pretty well all the time unless we get long periods of really cold temperatures like 30 below. Anyways, get video 🇨🇦🌷
What books do you use or would recommend for fermenting? Thank you!
For us, everything by Sandor Katz first and foremost.
Help - I'm sorry I thought I heard that a link would be here to demonstrate honey sweetened fruit jams. Where did I miss that?
What long-term storage onions do you grow?
Would you mind sharing those variety that do store well please?
Oh my goodness I ordered these knives, I love them, they are so awesome!!! So sharp and incredibly well made!! The boxes are so lovely too. Thanks for this tip!!
What animals do you have on the farm now?
How do you find the heat produced by your freeze dryer effects the temperatures in the cellar?
I would to know as well. Ours heats up the space to the point of needing to open a window.
You inspired me to organize my pantry today❤
Can you Please tell me about The beets you mentioned?
HELLO , I WAS WONDERING IF YOU WOULD SHARE YOUR RECIPE FOR YOUR GINGER BEETS THAT SOUNDS WONDERFUL SINCE I LOVE BOTH BEETS AND GINGER I WOULD LUKE TO CANN THAT MYSELF ALSO PLEASE???
Hi! I’ve been a long time viewer and you’ve inspired me in many ways! I have a few questions if you don’t mind.
1. Do you have any recommendations for finding a local raw milk source?
2. Do you find there is any cost savings when buying raw milk and making your own dairy products?
3. I render my own leaf lard and I love how neutral-tasting it is. Is tallow neutral flavored? Do you use it in baking?
4. Do you have the AC regulated by a thermostat? Does it have to run a LOT?
Thank you for taking the time to post these informative videos and for helping us learn. ❤
That cellar is just gorgeous. 😍
have you ever thought about hanging your onions and garlic in mesh onion bags? they store better.
ALSO YOUR OIL PACKED TOMATOES RECIPE TOO PLEASE???
When the **** hits the fan and it is coming... Look good is all that meat in your freezer when you no longer have electricity? Are you even bothering to prepare for that inevitability? Or do you have your head in the sand? Your freezer is a wonderful tool and I believe in free dried food for long term storage I do... But when it hits the fan what will we do with our free to try food if we don't have the water to rehydrate it? True you can still eat it it is freeze dried stay and get the nutrients but it's not very good. I believe you need to have a well balanced storage program that includes multiple methodologies a food preparation. I would recommend that you also expand you're a canning efforts to also start canning meats and other forms of protein. I would also suggest getting away from the Mason jars and getting an actual canning machine to use the metal cans which are more durable especially if there is an earthquake and they block light I like Mason jars I would highly suggest you give a lot more deeper thought to your long term storage and it's actually what it is that you are trying to protect yourself and your family from because right now it seems you're just prepping to prep. And don't forget that when it hits the fan there will be other people looking for food who had no forethought to prep themselves and so will be interested in taking what you have so you should also give serious consideration to your security. does what I'm saying see move it over the top for you? We will see just how over the top you think it is when it hits the fan!
I'm curious if you've ever tried growing grains.
we did this year! put wheat in as a cover crop on a 30 x 50 ft plot. then decided to harvest it. took some ingenuity to figure out how best to thresh and winnow. but we ended up with 150 lbs all stored away!
Absolutely beautiful! I would love to have a cellar, glad you are able to!❤❤🙏🙏xxoo
Did you say you were in Italy?
The walla walla onions ans shallots freeze dry well. Dice or ring. And they are awesome.
I miss having a lower level so badly. We moved from the Midwest to the south and unfortunately root cellars/basements are a thing of the past. I don't know where to store my harvests.
great video, thanks. you mentioned mice, my house was a mice haven….it took forever to get rid of them but they got into everything. the worst was when i opened a silverware drawer and there was one😩how do you keep them from going upstairs? have a great Sicily trip🥰🥰🥰
ugh pantry moths! All food is now in fridge, freezer, air tight containers and still they are here. came in bird seed 3 years ago and this is the great grandchildren now going in the sticky traps
I have all their knives! I even bought several sets for my son !
Shea, Dr. Killigan's pantry moth sticky traps work quite well, in my experience. It attracts the males, they stick to it, and the females die out without the males.
Vouch for Dr. Killigan's
Why have you chosen tol leave rings on your jars?
Just one idea here. My daughter told me you can store one layer on another of canned food but only if you have rings on them which sit lightly on the first rim if jar. I saw she did that. As far as the others if kept on lightly will allow a bad seal to depressurize as she might not have room to store.
Those are primarily fermented. Not sealed.
I like listening to her speaking, idk if it's her voice or just her 😊
It has definitely inspired me. I just lack a freeze dryer. They're super expensive. I'm in a dilemma with my cabbages right now because I do not have a cold room. We have an extra fridge, but it's only a dorm sized one. The main fridge is always too packed. Even though I love krautt, I don't love it enough to turn all my cabbages into krautt. I am hoping that we can keep them in the root cellar we have, but it is not refrigerated, and we do not have a cold room.
I don’t know if you have much freezer space but I chopped a bunch and froze it and vacuumed sealed it and it tasted great for at least a year.
@@noellebarker8927 I have 3 freezers and all are packed completely full. We fully prep. I know you can pressure can it, but I've never been a fan of it that way. It's way too mushy. We'll figure out something.
@@MissouriCrookedBarnHomestead Rachel from That 1870s Homestead cans a cabbage slaw that you might like.
If you have a dehydrator that works quite well for storing your cabbage. I use dried cabbage in everything, soups, salads, casseroles.
Can you make a video on how you store certain foods such as potatoes? It is my first year and I feel like I am already not doing great 😅
Did I miss the pickle recipe?
How much does your coolbot cold room cost to run?
also saw your kitchen aid mixer down there , I have to lug mine from the utility room to the kitchen, I can't imagine up and down stairs.:(