Monday, August 10, 2009

A Scorcher


How hot was it? I don't think it was really 108 degrees, but that is what the car said when I got in it. It was sitting in the sun. I think it was more like 99 degrees. I am hoping this will push the tomatoes over the hump into ripe. And maybe some melons , too?

How hot was it? I bought a new seed starting tray and left the clear lid on with no dome in partial shade and it turned into a solar oven and melted the plastic.


And the chickens were hot.

But I was able to cook some potatoes in the old solar oven. I made it a couple of years ago and it gets over 200 degrees easily. Today it was around 250. I would like to build a better one. I know you can get over 350 in a well built solar oven.


2 comments:

  1. The potatoes look delicious! It's definitely doable to make your own solar oven. Here's a another resource for you on making your own solar oven: http://solarcooking.org/plans/funnel.htm

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  2. If you go up one level from funnel there are even more plans. It can be as simple or as complicated as you want.

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