Hi, Alan!  Recently you wrote in a message to Alexander Koryagin:         

AK>  What is a root cellar?

AI>  A root cellar is a place to "keep" food stuffs.

    
          Uh-huh.  Especially root vegetables such as beets, carrots, potatoes, and turnips... but as you pointed out it may also be used to store canned goods or whatever else "keeps" well at low temperatures as long as it doesn't freeze.

          My parents had a shed in their back yard which they used for much the same purpose until they could afford to add a basement under the house....  :-)



AI>  There was no power lines going there then. 


          IOW, no electrical appliances.  I can relate....  :-)



AI>  It was dark and it wouldn't get to cold in cold 
AI>  weather or too hot in warm weather.

      
          Yes, I think that's what matters for practical purposes.  The climate in Vancouver is moderate, but elsewhere folks do things a bit differently.  :-Q




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