the root cellar

John + Mary have a huge root cellar in the basement, as well as a pantry of their canned and preserved food, all of which has been grown here. Onions, leeks and garlic, fluorescent magenta and orange carrots, cabbage, rutabaga, and several varieties of potatoes, including some that are bright ruby purple in color. John brews his own mead, shown here in huge 5 gallon glass fermentation carboys that line a hallway, and the worm compost bin, recyclers of all kitchen food waste.