I live in south west Indiana. roughly halfway between Terre Haute and Evansville. I've got some vacant acreage out in the boonies that I'm building on. I've been prepping for a while now, but starting to run out of space. Expansion is not an option except to my vacant ground. No utilities near it, Solar isn't an option due to the thickness of the wooded canopy cover. Ground is clay. its on top of a hill. Water table at its highest is 165 feet deep.
My question or merely idea to bounce off of anyone on here is a burial cache. I have a aluminum aircraft grade, water tight storage box, 39 inches wide, 9 feet long I got cheap from a surplus site. I'm thinking of burying it and storing food grade buckets containing various food items in it. considering the R factor of the dirt at .125 and the frost line of 48 inches, I'm considering insulating my box on all sides with at least R10 insulation. Will this keep it from freezing in the winder and getting too hot in the summer?
My question or merely idea to bounce off of anyone on here is a burial cache. I have a aluminum aircraft grade, water tight storage box, 39 inches wide, 9 feet long I got cheap from a surplus site. I'm thinking of burying it and storing food grade buckets containing various food items in it. considering the R factor of the dirt at .125 and the frost line of 48 inches, I'm considering insulating my box on all sides with at least R10 insulation. Will this keep it from freezing in the winder and getting too hot in the summer?