Post Oil Solutions will sponsor its 3rd annual Root Cellar Workshop on Sunday, September 12, 1:00 PM, at the Brattleboro Savings & Loan community room, Main Street, Brattleboro.
The fee for the workshop is a $10/$70 sliding scale with no one refused for lack of funds. Admission fees cover the expenses of the workshop, as well as allowing Post Oil to bring these workshops to a wider audience. Thus, people are asked to be as generous as their circumstances will allow them to be.
Pre-registration and payment are required. Please call 877.886.7397 and leave a brief message with your name, phone number, and the workshop you're registering for. Someone will get back to you to complete the registration.
Please note: unregistered folks that show up at the door on the day of the workshop will be admitted for $20, firm, and only if there is room. Attendance is limited.
The emphasis of this workshop will be on how to make use of existing facilities within your home, and how to do so inexpensively. If your house has a "bulkhead" entrance to the cellar you have a potential ready-made simple root cellar! There will be an extensive discussion on how to insultate this space. Temperature and humidity conditions will also be reviewed. Secondly, it you have a cool or unheated room that is kept above freezing, you might have another storage site that is especially ideal for some vegetables and preserved goods. Finally, a cold storage room can be build in the basement of a modern house. Through diagrams, floor plans, and discussions this third system will be explored.
The workshop will conclude with a field trip to a Brattleboro home containing a basement "root cellar." This workshop will be led by Robert King.
For further information, write info@postoilsolutions.org, call 802.869.2141, and visit our website, www.postoilsolutions.org. Thank you.