I made a Zeer Pot (pics)

[CoM]

For those of us who do not have cellars or can't build root cellars, etc...this Zeer pot may come in hand to help keep food cool.

 

I finally made one. I had been putting it off because everywhere I found the large terra cotta pots they were 30-40.00 each.

 

I ran across some at our feed store for 25.00 so I got one !

 

I am aamzed. In testing it ( without food ) it is on average about 12-15 degrees cooler than outside temperatures. The larger pot is 18" and the smaller pot I already had is 13".

 

I suppose you could make a few smaller ones if you didn't want to buy large pots.

 

I need to move this back further out of the morning sun! Maybe I can do better than 15 degrees.

 

 

 

 

 

Here is a link on Zeer Pots which has been posted here in the past.

 

http://permaculturetokyo.blogspot.com/2006...ve-cooling.html

 

 

 

 

[bluegrassmom]

Very cool. I did not know about these. Thanks for sharing. ~~

[CoM]

Here is another evaporative refrigerator model called a Bamboo iceless refrigerator.

 

http://www.food-security.info/pdf%20(Engli...efrigerator.pdf

[Christy]

I tried something similar last year and failed big time. Would it depend on the humidity of the area you are in?

Cos in a hot dry climate, this surely works like a charm. Anyone experience with it in a medium, humid climate?

[Dave Digs Dirt]

I had never heard of these either. Sounds like a great idea for small amounts of storage. Thanks for sharing the photos and the information.

 

Dave

[CoM]

I tried something similar last year and failed big time. Would it depend on the humidity of the area you are in?

Cos in a hot dry climate, this surely works like a charm. Anyone experience with it in a medium, humid climate?

 

 

Christy: I am in So. Louisiana and it is very humid here.