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Default How exactly does a small pit dug in the garden help keep milk bottles cool?

On 15 Feb, 12:44, Stuart B wrote:
On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:25:29 +0000, MM wrote:


This is what my dad used to do, dig a small hole in the back garden
when the weather started getting warmer. It was about a foot deep and
a foot square. Mum placed the milk bottles therein, which were always
beaded with condensation, even on a warm summer's day.


What's the science behind this?


MM


Probably a combination of preventing the sun getting to it and
dampness in the earth . I take it you didn't have a fridge .
Stuart


yes, plus very large thermal storage and plus grass evaporating water
off, which causes cooling.


NT