What a cool idea! I'm going to Wallyworld this weekend for crates!! Alice seyfried@oclc.org > -----Original Message----- > From: llbs@mail.glasscity.net [SMTP:llbs@mail.glasscity.net] > Sent: Thursday, October 08, 1998 10:53 AM > To: gardeners@globalgarden.com > Subject: Re: [gardeners] In the garden OT freezer > > George shirley wrote, in part: > > >While at KMart the other day I saw some small plastic crates that looked > as > >though they would fit on the freezer shelves and hold vac bags of > veggies. > >With carefully taken measurements we ventured off to the Land of the Blue > >Light Sale and purchased ten of those little crates. Now the freezer is > >organized regardless of Miz Anne's snide remarks about anal retentive > >perfectionists. Since I harvest the stuff, prepare it and freeze it, and > >then cook it, I figured I could do as I pleased. > > George, > > The "crates in the freezer" system is great. We have a big old chest > freezer that easily holds six plastic milk crates. These solve the > problem > of my trying to get to the bottom of the freezer, which I cannot do > because > my arms are too short. Each crate holds 27 quarts of frozen bricks of > cooked 'maters, soups, etc. or 9 home-made breads, or stacks of flattened > plastic quart bags of veggies. Yes 'um, the anal retentive perfectionists > make life easier for the rest of the household. > > Linda in NW Ohio near Toledo/Lake Erie, USDA Zone 5 > llbs@mail.glasscity.net >