The main solution to this problem is to preserve your fruit and vegetables so you can enjoy them through the winter months. In my opinion, one of the best ways to do this is to dehydrate the food. You can purchase electric dehydrators, but why spend money on an electric dehydrator and continue spending money on the electricity it uses, when you can make a solar dehydrator pretty cheaply that costs nothing to run.
If you’re interested in building your own solar dehydrator, check out the video below. Also check out the link at the bottom of the page for more information on building a solar dehydrator.
Thanks…. Great idea!
I was watching this video and noticed the block wall fence, rocks in the yard, and the style of your patio and thought to my self “Hmm, that looks eerily like my backyard” Watched to the end of the video and sure enough you live in Arizona too!!
I made a similar system to this about 30 years ago. It was designed to hang out of the window (a double-hung style). I had split the box length-wise almost to the outward end. Painrted the inside black and insulated all outer parts, except the single-pane glass ‘window’ where the sunshine enters the system. It worked great under the following circumstances: 1. The sun was shining. I know that is only one item, but when dealing with solar heating and cooking, it is very important. No Sun, no heat! Milwaukee’s winters go like this, very cold and sunny on day one, then cloudy and somewhat milder for a week with no sunshine at all. Snow falling covers the glass so you have maintanence issues, then it gets really cold and the sun comes out for another 8 hours or so…repeat.
try puting less on each tray. I couldn’t tell if the trays are perferated screen or solid. It needes to be perferated. I would also have a larger vent at the top.
Simple,plane and like great idea, I’m going to try it myself!
Very cool. The only problem is by the time you run around town getting all this crap, buying it all, cutting everything…You might as well have bought yourself a food dehydrator.