Extra freezer space is a necessity when one grows the majority of one's food. Our upright freezer really starts being refilled at this time of year as the garden really starts producing. Even if you have a frost free freezer that doesn't always mean 'frost free.' So on a not so hot summer's day, it was time for the annual defrost, inventory and reorganization. Everything had to be removed and kept cold in the process.
Then, the thaw begins. Since this extra freezer is nestled in the garage next to a large upright wooden storage cabinet, a system has been devised to catch the big chunks of ice as they fall and absorb all that water. Towels and pans are assigned jobs. I self appoint myself sentry to start cleaning and drying the perspiring insides.
Ah sweet SUCCESS as no water puddled nor wetted that nearby cabinet's base. Once the freezer's insides were dry, it's time to start refilling. Luckily I had an extra body (one of the kids was home) to serve as a secretary as I called off contents to tally on a master list as they were replaced into the clean dry freezer. The idea is to know what we have/don't have so I don't waste time searching for something we used up months ago/ need to consume ie cauliflower/broccoli of which we have oodles this year.
Maybe you can't see the new found space, but it's there. Natureman always says we don't have any freezer room. Well, now it's visible and available right here in the End of the Rainbow Valley... Mission accomplished on the The Great Thaw 2013.
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