Can I make a solar collector and transfer that energy to batteries?

I want to be able to run a fridge and a fan out in my yard area near the bbq. I don't have a lot of money to spend so I want to learn as much as I can myself rather than going and paying a company to do it all.

The fridge is a small one, it only holds 12 cans at a time and the fan is a desktop one, so I don't think they will need lots of electricity but it would need to be reliable