Boland, A. June 17, 2011. Crystal Braye and Julie Pomeroy interview Andrew Boland about root cellars, Outer Cove.

• Main Authors: Braye, Crystal, Pomeroy, Julie
• Other Authors: Boland, Andrew
• Format: Audio
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Migration/settlement; Objects; Architecture; building and construction; Buildings; Outbuildings; Root cellars; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_nature/id/525

Andrew Boland explains what a root cellar is; describes his own cellar; the orientation of the cellar relative to the house and gardens; talks about the rock walls on his property; estimates the origin of the cellar and provides a history of its uses; discusses renovations; past and present landscape and placement of cellar; history of property ownership; restoring the land and structures after period of disuse; beach rocks on property from use of capelin as fertilizer; talks about rebuilding the cellar in 1978-9; recalls cellar usage as a child; discusses renovations that he has done himself in recent years and materials used; usage of cellar today; ventilation; recalls childhood memories of his grandfathers cellar and work on the farm; rockwalls; Use of cellar during active farming 1979-86; family division of crops; general memories of growing up around the root cellar; types of vegetables stored in the cellar.