Easiest Way to Organize a Deep Freezer and Full Freezer Tour 

All your videos are awesome! Very organized life. I know it takes work, yet look at all your rewards. You definitely need to get a home generator

We have those too! Super handy!

Thanks for this, didn’t know this was a thing 🤗.

Thank you... as we just moved to California and we have experienced power outages and it’s a great concern of mine. Luckily are freezers are empty from moving.

I just ordered hard sided bags. May go in deep freeze . I may need to order more for grocery shopping. I buy way more than we need & forget what we have. So I replicate what I didn't need several times over. We all could use more organizing in our lives.

I'm 64 & understand perfectly. Life is good when you have food put up for your family. Becky has done a great job with providing for her family. Her mom more than likely had a great deal to do with her skills. God bless.

I empathize with the body not willing to cooperate any more. Becky inspires me too and I’ve compromised with my body by making a list and tackling my projects at my own pace 😊

I’m with u Deb. It’s hard when the brain says to do something & the body says no. It is renergizing to watch Becky with all that energy…like we used to have. Use it while u have it Becky👍

I love all these comments! I love that she inspires all you gals!!! Me too! God Bless you all!

I know the feeling ladies. I'm a 69 year old type 1 diabetic.

Or on that kind of freezer you can use a whiteboard marker

Dry erase board would be helpful with that. I think im going to try that. Ty!!

@@sonjabaker426 that is a fantastic idea ! ive got to get a dry erase board for mine . my freezer is a very small one but still holds a ton of food stuff .

You should be able to dry erase right on the freezer

When I ran a full sized freezer, used spare freezer space at my parents, utilized my refrigerator freezer, and had a lot of freezer "stuff" - I generated a form using spread sheet software then printed it with the grids on feature to create a blank freezer chart. I tucked several copies on a clip board hung beside my full sized freezer with a mechanical pencil attached by a string; ultimately I ended up with 3 colors, one per freezer. When I began my inventory,I was religious when I added items and when removing listed items. I then worked on the least full freezer space which was at my parents. Then shelf by shelf in my full freezer. We ate through the 7nlisted stuff in the refrigerator freezer before it was fully inventoried.

And it’s only 2 people ! Most people even in America don’t do this but Becky does a cooking show for her job and living! I love watching her freezer meals and the idea of not eating out!

We had that much as a family of 7 when I was growing up. Cycling through it is challenging.

The whole reason people do this is because food security is on the decline in the West.

Bruh, I'm from the U.S. ....and this woman is strange. Also that's Italian sausage, not beef, which makes it even stranger. I would wager that she is a compulsive shopper who wastes tons of money on stuff like this. Most people do not hoard food like this.

Not uncommon for people who live on farms. We keep a large amount of food on hand. Only get groceries once every few weeks. I also grew up in a family with 9 kids and I had 5 kids. Now they are gone but I still have just as much food on hand.

Great idea, thank you😊

Insurance for your freezer? Do you mean for when the electricity goes out and the food gets spoiled. That so… weird 😆 only in America I think.

@@manteltje we are in Canada and we care covered if something happens to our freezers due to power outage or power failure. We have to take a photo of freezers showing what was lost. It's topped out at 2500.

As long as the natural gas is working, it is a great option. I'm gearing towards eliminating more from my freezers, canning and dehydrating. I still use my freezer for meats, some things that I cannot can or choose not to. My thought is that I have to be willing to lose those items. Possibly cook and can in a rush. Just my thoughts. God bless and Merry Christmas!

@@justpatty7328 Pressure canning is a great way to preserve meat long term and free up freezer space!

If you have room. Put in some soda bottles full of water. That way if power goes off you have extra cooling i and it makes running the freezer more efficient. You also have extra water stored, should it be needed.

We just got ours installed a couple of months ago! I agree they are awesome. They run off of a tank. I guess in cities people have gas lines run but out in the country we have tanks and they come fill them up.

@tex2flaTex2fla you are right whole house Generacs are wonderful but they are about 16K…way too expensive of an investment unless one looses power often.

Isn't it 75 minutes for pints and 90 minutes for quarts? I think you may have a typo.

@@treasurespastnpresen No typo, just a brain fart. Thanks for the correction.

I can't lift either because of myelomylacia. But I put my water bath canner on burner and fill and use it for high acid foods. I just dip out water when finished. Same process with pressure canner. I use a jar lifter to lift each jar separately. I didn't can for a few years until I decided to try this. It takes longer because it's slower way to fill and empty but it works.

God bless you guys! Our nation needs more independent farmers like you.

My grandpa & uncle raised dairy cows. My 92 year old farmer dad is still raising beef. We appreciate the hard work that is involved with raising beef on the hoof!!

@@ms.newcomerteacher6554 thank you❤️

My family raises beef but we've always sold at a sale-barn instead to directly to the consumer...people just don't understand. We sell a cow for an average of $1.10 per pound and look at what it is costing in the stores. Between that, the rising price of fuel and fertilizer, many farmers in my area are quitting. In the 1980s there were over 70 dairies in my county and today there is 1 left.

Agree!!! We are the same and have aa farm I appreciate your encouragement to shop from local farmers.

i do this on my fridge! the fridge is black and i use neon chalk markers to write my weekly meal plan and shopping list on one side and a mini inventory on the other.

Same. I'm great at the planning, just not the execution! Lol

Walmart usually has that kind of bag.

I use plastic "milk" crates from Walmart. About $5 each and they're so easy to lift in and out (which helps this short person not fall into the chest!). The holes in the sides lets you kind of take a peek without having to move too much either. But you're kind of at the mercy of your freezer dimensions. I may give Becky's firm-sided but still flexible totes a try.

@@debbiebenge9398 great idea!

I use "milk crates", too. They don't fit perfectly in my freezer, but I love that they are so durable. I want to explore the idea of the hard sided tote bags so there's a little more flex.

I agree about the bags vs bins! I use cardboard boxes but they get flimsy after awhile. Totally going to check these out

and now you can purchase plastic shoe boxes that open on the end - so if you are stacking them, you don't have to unstack them to access the interior.

@@AB-ol5uz Yessss! I've never done those, but that's a great idea!

Excellent idea!

Love this idea!

It's a lot of work but worth it!

I think she sneaks around looking at her followers freezers, mine is a disaster too, I’m waiting until after Christmas to go through mine, I have 3 turkeys and two hams hanging out in there that need canned

That’s a brilliant idea, about the filled & frozen jugs of water. 👍🏼

Canned beef? ....no.....just no. Stop it.

Your story sounds exactly like our farm. It was homesteaded in 1856 with 40 acres. We are now a 7 th generation farm family, although, now we rent some of our land and bale about 5,000 small hay bales for horse farmers . We now have 400 acres or thought we did for many, many years. We had a survey done and discovered there was 14 acres across the river that we thought we sold some 60 years ago and another 7 acres in another land sale with another neighbor. Thankfully, the 7 acres was conveyed back to us and the other 14 acres, well it’s just there. I still can beef. I learned it from my mother in law. And you are right, there was nothing better than mom opening 2-3 quarts of beef with all of the yummy juices that she made a gravy with, peel up some home grown potatoes and fresh green beans and wilted lettuce. Then she would whip up a couple of pies faster than you could blink. Oh what fond memories. People that have never tasted canned beef have no idea how flavorful it is. We still buy a beef every year and split it with our daughter and you can bet your bottom dollar that we can some of that beef. When we ordered our last one, I told the butcher I didn’t want a lot of steaks, just cube it for canned beef. The butcher asked me twice if I was sure and I said “yes I was sure”. He said ok, but my meat cutters are going to have a fit when they cut those beautiful porterhouse steaks into cubes. Of course, we saved the t-bones and rib eyes. I’m so glad they did. Merry Christmas.🎄🤶🧑‍🎄

That was a great tip your mother gave you 👍👍👍👍

She has no room for water jugs lol

Yes, there is always so much to learn on RU-vid.

Good to know. I just ordered a freeze dryer

Even freeze dry milk, chicken, hamburger, (fresh eggs too), all your garden veggies. Freeze dried food can save you during power outages.

If you don't have a freeze dryer, I guess you could dehydrate, couldn't you?

Aw thank you!

We can most of our venison too! Ground, strips, and stew. I don't notice a texture difference and I am texture sensitive. It's delicious and tender!

I have a much of older venison that I should do with this . Also need to do this pantry challange myself

How do you keep your flour and oats dry in the freezer? I've been trying to figure it out. TY

@@stephaniecurtis4249 the oats are in ziplocks. The flour is in the waxed paper bag in which I bought it

I always froze my grains and flours for 6 to 8 weeks. Then you can save freezer space by removing and placing in very large food grade plastic buckets with special screw on lids and keeping buckets elsewhere. The initial freezing kills any insect infestation. Although I've read you can skip the freezing step if enough O2 absorbers are added to an airtight container as the insect eggs, etc. cannot survive with no oxygen.

Homesteading Family has videos on canning different types of meat

I like raw packed canned chicken shredded and made into green chicken enchiladas, chicken salad, casseroles, soups and stews. Same for other canned meats using then in recipes. Canned browned seasoned ground beef can be good in tacos, taco salad, enchiladas, casseroles, etc. But everyone is different.

@@treasurespastnpresen ty!!! I still have some of the raw pack chicken because I didn't know how to not make my family notice! 😅 I will try some of these! And I'm gonna have to do a batch of ground beef and see for myself the taste and texture and what we can do with it!

can you please list some recipes or the one to take out the gameness & tenderize it?

@@langstroth9334 the key is to soak the meat in ice water for 48 hours and change the water a couple times to get the blood out. You also add 2 bouillon cubes to each quart of meat when canning.

@@karoleanharris3180 ty

That is awesome!

@@AcreHomestead I really appreciate you taking time to show how you are oragnizing yours, and I'm definitely going to try to get mine in order. Thank you! 😊

I actually go even simpler than that and write with wet erase marker directly on top of my deep freezer (it has a smooth surface just like a white board). I cross things out as I go and once a month I take a picture, erase it all and refresh my list with stuff not crossed off. Everything comes right off with water and there is no staining left behind. I use wet erase so nothing accidentally gets wiped off (learned that one early) Also, instead of stacking my freezer meals, I label the side and stand them on their sides after they are frozen solid. That way I can see all of them at once and not have to lift them up to get ones down below.

Good point!

I haven't done it but you can also can bacon.

@@sandrajohnson9926 It is not an approved process.