![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() My wife went through it and it adds to what we had but, even as a stand alone book, she felt it was a very good resource. This was a gift for my wife as we are looking into more self sufficient living and getting back to the land. As the country gets farther from her roots into a grocery store full of irradiated, sprayed, hormone laded food, we need to get back to growing and storing our own food. This book takes the root cellar into the 21st century and takes the reader step by step through the process of making a room under your house, into the side of a hill or inside the refrigerator section of a truck into a place to store the fruits and vegetables in. I have read all the Tom Griffith books I can get my hands on and he talks at length about having a well constructed root cellar. My parents never had a root cellar so I learned how to can. I have been an organic gardener since I was 15. Instead, you'll still eat delicious food three times a day and stay safe all thanks to your Easy Cellar. You and your family can always take cover there, even from F5 tornadoes or category 5 hurricanes.Īfter these catastrophic events that tear down houses and cause weeks of blackouts, you won't have to sleep on the floor of some high school or stadium, crammed in with thousands of other empty stomachs. The Easy Cellar will serve as a perfect storm shelter too. There is information on building a stud wall, the importance of appropriate insulation is stressed and there is adequate information on flooring, lighting, type of door, temperature control and humidity. ![]() If you’re looking for some great ideas on how to build your own cellar then this is the book for you.Įasy Cellar book includes a lot of information that may not be relevant to your cellar construction but the section on building a basement cellar is highly relevant. By design, it's a very easy read and very much worth buying. And if there’s a chance that after choosing some free reading material there’s a need for a few more books, head downstairs to The Book Cellar, the restaurant’s used book store.This book was a great introduction to concepts, ideas, and tips. “We spend a lot of time on book runs going all over Massachusetts, Connecticut, and sometimes Rhode Island,” said owner Karen Murdock in a Hartford Courant profile of the restaurant. Under new ownership since 1993, the restaurant’s books are now mostly donated by area libraries and community members, and the take-home amount has been upped to three books a person. Over the years, Doyle also collected a number of autographed photos from many well-known authors including John Updike and Michael Crichton, and these are also on display at the Traveler. Now, after finishing a meal, diners take time to wander the stacks looking for their perfect new read. Owner Marty Doyle, an avid reader, started bringing books into his restaurant in the mid-1980s as a way to thin his oversized collection and find new homes for old books. The vibe is decidedly comfortable diner meets community book sale. On the shelves edging the tables are westerns, cookbooks, pulpy paperbacks, children’s books, and romance novels. The walls of the Traveler Restaurant in Union are lined with books. They give away an estimated 1,000 to 2,000 books each week to hungry bookworms. With each purchase, customers are invited to take home any book in the restaurant’s impressive collection. In front of this restaurant tucked on the border of Massachusetts and Connecticut there’s a sign reading “Food and Books.” And, of course, at any restaurant there’s going to be food, but be prepared for the books. ![]()
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