The Bottom of the Freezer! 3643

Daisy

Hi Daisy

I'm not a short person but I gave a lot of thought as to how I would arrange my chest freezer. The freezer came with 4 baskets. Each one has 2 plastic clip-on brackets so they rest on the surface, just under the lid. You can remove one and slide the rest from side to side to see what's underneath! I bought another 8 baskets from the same manufacturer and these sit in 2 rows underneath and fill up the rest of the freezer. I can easily bend in and lift these out. If I were to begin to struggle I would make handles out of plastic- coated wire so each basket could be lifted out.

Using the computer I produced a labelled diagram of the different levels of baskets so that I know where every item can be found eg. White fish, smoked fish, sausages, lamb, beef, pork, vegetables, cheeses etc. I also found it useful to produce a 2nd chart which lists all individual items. Let's say I have 8 varieties of cheese, mature Cheddar, mild Cheddar, Stilton, red Leicester, crumbly Lancashire, Parmesan, goat's cheese, ewe's cheese etc. When I remove a cheese it's a simple matter to reduce the chart number by 1. This way I know when any stock item needs purchasing. Before this I never knew just what I had in stock. Now I can nip out and buy what's needed. :-)

I'm also lucky in having a large capacity upright freezer too, but as I live in Europe I have to return annually to England to replenish foods which can't be easily found over here so extra space was vital.

Don -- Draco Dormiens Nunquam breastillandus