I am blessed with plenty of storage space. However, I am NOT blessed with organizational skills. Recently, I went into the storage room to finally put my preparation house in order. I was impressed with the stuff we had, but also disappointed with what was lacking. (The "ignorance is bliss" syndrome.) Just organizing it took a bit of the weight of the unknown off my shoulders. It has helped me to formulate a better plan for more complete preparation!
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I also am a bit disorganized, shame on me. With being off for the next 6 weeks(knee surgery) I am hoping to get things organized better once I can stand on two legs without the crutches. I have running list of things and where they are in the brain case and the shelves are old to new in rows but I don't have it written out.
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You just had to bring this up didn't you Lady? I am in a state of organized confusion. I'm lost in the dark, but making good progress after the move. My LTS is at least put away and organized. But other things are in disarray. I'll get it done in time but I do get frustrated easily. I need to remember it is a process; not an event!
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I wasa searching through threads trying to find a thread like this - - HOW TO ORGANIZE FOOD STORAGE.
The QUEST became real about 10 days ago when my wife needed a can of condensed milk. None in the pantry so she asked if I could take one from our storage, as she calls it. Now, I KNOW we had several so I go looking. After a few minutes I found it, but what was disturbing was finding my lack of organization and that some of my cans had "expired" a few years ago. Those have now moved up to first to be eaten in the regular pantry.
I am still trying to figure out a best way for storage. I think it may be quite different for everyone based upon what your space limitations are. While I estimate we have enough food for about 4 months and water for about 6 weeks, it is scattered around the house due to space limitations. Some here, some there, etc. I am thinking that I may begin to store things in different areas based upon the "expiration" dates. That way we can rotate the older storage out into daily use and then store newer foods in that area.
I don't know, just don't know.
Originally Posted by Socalman
an EXCEL program for sure for keeping an inventory - there's all kinds of prepper programs for everything from ammo to food - some even have suggested food and the suggested amounts for the group number ....
if you store cans individual vs a case lot you should look into a can organizer/dispenser rack - available to buy or DIY - best I've seen use the wall stud cavities for storage ....
I'm still battling this demon as well, my biggest problem is that the Mrs, takes at will and doesn't let me know until we are out of things.
This quashed all attempts at lists/excel.
What I have been moving towards is Primary and secondary locations.
The kitchen/Pantry is the primary location, where I keep just enough of everything to 'usually' not run out.
Closets/crawlspace/garage/etc are all secondary locations, that have certain items in each. When the pantry runs out, then I get from the secondary location to re-populate the pantry, and then restock the secondary if necessary.
Seems to be working the best so far...
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https://www.thesurvivalistblog.net/f...nedfood-shelf/
this article came up the other day but I couldn't re-find this posting - decent DIY build info on the can rotator ....
here's an associated article .... https://urbansurvivalsite.com/signs-...-food-spoiled/
yeah, that works for a dozen or so cans... but when you're rotating cans in the pantry and cases in storage, not so much.
Give a man fire, and he'll be warm for a day!
Light a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life!
Cat's are food... not friends!
If you're going to fight, then fight like you're the third monkey on the ramp into Noah's arc... and brother, it's starting to rain.
the correct rotator will help keep the pantry cans organized for a family - not necessary for me - bulk of my canned stuff is thru preserved case lots ....
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