Yes, wonderful story. I can feel the horrors of a small girl's imagination in such
an environment. You expressed all those emotions so well.
We built a root cellar when this house was
built. Plenty of florescent light, no windows, but I didn't like the earth floor, so I laid brick
for the floor, and also built a brick potato bin in the floor. Hard to
believe it now, but that potato bin was dug out with a spoon, then
lined with brick, and a wooden hinged top to cover it. It is on the
north side of the basement. Measures about 4 ft x 3 ft wide x 4 ft deep.
The cellar keeps veggies for most of the winter, some longer than others.
