I recently signed up for a meat subscription service with the local family business Harborside Farms. Over the next year we will receive half a cow (quarterly installments), half a pig (quarterly as well), a dozen chickens and one turkey (fall delivery), 4 dozen eggs per month as well as a number of farm goodies like bacon, sausage, honey and maple syrup. Yum!
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Freezer Before |
So I did what I always do in situations like this, I went to Google and Pinterest for inspiration. I found lots of great ideas for upright freezers but all the chest freezers seemed to be organized by putting food into boxes or milk crates and stacking them in there. I actually bought two different types of containers and brought them home to try but didn't like either of them. There was so much wasted space and I didn't like the idea of pulling out a bunch of containers to get at the stuff on the bottom. I'm pretty lazy by the way.
Then I had my Aha! moment. I decided to make dividers out of leftover 3/4" plywood. First I asked my husband to cut the pieces on the table saw. The pieces were:
1 piece - 18" x 26"
2 pieces - 18" by 9"
3 pieces - 18" by 7"
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Adding Dividers |
Finally, I made some labels and stapled them on to the edge of the plywood so that whoever is in there can quickly find what they are looking for.
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Freezer After |
I'm really happy with how this turned out but the real test will be when the meat delivery starts next month. Hopefully I will have enough room for everything. If not, do you want to come over for a Barbeque?
brilliant idea! I use empty cardboard boxes to raise up my food in my freezer - i would love some wire baskets too but haven't been able to track them down...maybe kijij? I also love your meat delivery plan, what a great service :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Tanys, I thought they would be easy to find since freezers must break down eventually and the baskets would still work. Nothing on kijiji yet but I'll keep looking.
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It looks like you could use those dividers to hold baskets above. I think if you had made them much higher, it could be difficult to pull things out of the cubes. Great idea. Have you had any problem with damage to the wood? I am wondering if the layers of plywood delaminated from the moisture of the freezer. Thanks for a great idea
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