Bye bye pot-in-pot

For more than a year I enjoyed a fridge free life using a homemade pot-in-pot to store food. This period was over since we moved to my mom’s in November and here there are no place for our green homemade fridge. Also, she already had a big green-color fridge  (of the kind that needs to be plugged to the energy socket ) that does the same work that our pot-in-pot, so it went from being one of the main objects of our household to a relegated corner in the patio.

During the move, the outside pot broke in two, breaking into a ring in the upper side or the pot, so it could’ve been used without problem. However, it was abandoned from the day we moved .  These days have been raining in Quito and the water made the sand between the pots to leak, so I was finally forced to disassemble it.

I was surprised it was easier that I thought and feeling good that the disaggregated parts found a new function very quickly. My 4yo started playing with the sand right away (as expected), the inner pot is intact and will be used as a regular clay pot for my mom’s plants or for a new pot in pot if we have the chance to build one in the future. The base of the outer pot (the broken one) will also be used as a plant pot. I only need to throw away the broken part (upper ring of the outer pot) . I only had to fix the irregular borders with sandpaper and the 2 pots are ready for being used.

Voila! What could be greener than that? I’m feeling good that 80% of our green fridge was easily reused, and only the clay ring has to be thrown away. We saved most part of the pot in pot and easily found new uses for the single items.

I’d be looking forward to the time I’m able to build another green fridge. I’t’s a great choice that I strongly recommend to ayone willing to reduce electricity bills and have some fun making a homemade fridge.

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