A wooden box, with perforated zinc gauze in front door and two adjacent sides, is still mounted on the wall near my back door since moving in the house many years ago. Before we had a refrigerator, it was used to keep the bottles of milk fresh and, since these were Jersey Full Cream Milk, it did well to keep it for a day or so. Thought about hanging meat inside, but the gauze has all perished with weather, is expensive to replace, and difficult to find. Could use fabric or air conditioner filter material, but thought again, as it is out in the garden with plenty of fresh air, why bother to cover it at all? Leaving it for a day or two for any helpful insect activity, and then putting it in a jar indoors to stop it drying out completely, while airing periodically, should give it a fair chance? Any views?
