After thinking about lowering the refrigerator root cellar into our new hole I decided to see just how hard it would be to strip off the metal coil from the back of the unit. It turns out it only took about a half hour to take everything off including the compressor and wiring harness. I think it's going to make sliding down the hole a bit smoother and safer.

I'm planning on mounting some screen material over the new holes in the bottom. The good thing about this approach is that it will be easy to add more holes if we think the air flow needs to increase.

This post is part of our Fridge Root Cellar series.  Read all of the entries: Refrigerator root cellar step 1...dig Fridge root cellar safety Refrigerator root cellar foundation Refrigerator root cellar vent hole installation Refrigerator root cellar chimney vent Refrigerator root cellar placement Refrigerator root cellar chimney cap Fridge root cellar video

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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.



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