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RE: Surviving in the Smoky Mountains
Uhmm.. in case you'll find the rabbit, make sure you already knew about "earth fridge" and you supposed to ask @viking-ventures who has survived while lived off grid and perhaps you can find her treasure food somewhere near to the stream😉
Whoaa.. @thedarkhorse👏👏 really enjoy the story and I wish I could see the process in this post too. Good luck with the challenge.
Yeah, great story, @thedarkhorse!
An earth fridge is an easy concept - a simple hole in the ground and a "door" to go over it. Keep it moist. But it's good to about 85F and that was in full sun. I suspect it would do better in shade. I was able to keep packaged meat and dairy for a few days without any trouble (except varmints...)
In the mountains getting deep enough into the ground might prove to be challenging. Bet if you covered the top with the grass you cut away it would stay even colder.
As for the unwanted guests, that might take some glass jars to pack in.
I was in the mountains. ;-)
But it doesn't take a big hole - just enough to fit what you want. Deeper is good, but mine was only 18-24 inches, I would have thought. If you can prevent the unwanted guests coming in around the edges it's good enough. I wasn't off-grid long enough to correct mistakes and make it better (and in winter, it's cold enough outside to not need it for 6 months.)
Good to know. Will incorporate this into a future edition of my TN story. Feel like it needs a conclusion.
Interesting, need to look more into the earth fridge.