Comments on: Step 1: Shelves

By: darasmith

darasmith — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:20:53 +0000

I would like pictures Brenda. arealestategal@aol.com

By: Jodi - Food Storage Made Easy

Jodi - Food Storage Made Easy — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:13:39 +0000

This is a fantastic tip! Thanks for sharing. It can give us some extra options instead of having to opt for more expensive shelving as our food storage grows.

By: bmantel

bmantel — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:14:28 +0000

I have some cheap metal shelves which bow in the center. We had some old scrap plywood that we cut the same size as the shelf and layed on the shelf. This wood is not strong enough to be an independent shelf, but combined with the metal forms a sturdy shelf that does not bow.

By: Lorrieena

Lorrieena — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:45:22 +0000

I'm just starting. We bought new shelves last week; essentially doubled our pantry space. Already starting to fill them up; goal is 3-month supply on all dry goods and enough fresh local food canned for the winter. Thanks for this blog!

By: Geniel

Geniel — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:46:18 +0000

I went to Home Depot and bought real sturdy shelving. My shelves each hold 64 #10 cans. I put the newest next to the wall and the oldest ones closest to the door where they can be easily reached. I can use the top shelf so that makes 5 sturdy shelves with food on them. I made sure to put the heavy stuff to the bottom but they have had the weight on them for 8 months and have not started to bow. I paid $80.00 for the shelf and love it. These shelves are in my garage where we have build a room and air conditioned it to keep the food at a constant temperature as we live in Texas.

By: lori pirkola

lori pirkola — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:30:17 +0000

finished baby step #2

By: Brigitte

Brigitte — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:58:58 +0000

My husband and I are just getting started with our food storage. We are still living in an apartment so building shelving is not an option for us yet. My Husband had the ingenious Idea to recylcle our cardbaord 12 pack pop containers (soda). You know the refrigerator pack kind that are built to rotate. He just cuts another opening for the loading side and we turn it on its end. The new cans get loaded into the top and we take them out the bottom. For smaller cans you just pack two side by side. Its not the smoothest rotation, but it works for now and its fun.

By: Susan Rasmussen

Susan Rasmussen — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:07:36 +0000

I appreciate learning where I can get the Shelf Reliance at a much better price than what the manufacturer charges. I’m concerned about Thea’s comment about the BPA in cans. Is anyone else concerned about this? Any more thoughts/information out there?

By: Jemima

Jemima — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:20:32 +0000

I love my Shelf Reliance can system. It’s great for canned food. It was worth the price, (it is cheaper at Costco). But I do use metal shelving from Target for my # 10 cans, as when I worked out the number of #10 cans that will fit on the shelf reliance system, I get the same number of cans on the metel shelfing for about 15% of the price.

By: Angel

Angel — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:25:46 +0000

My husband has bulit regular flat shelves out of wood in the shop. This is where I store most things.
The short term storage is put into totes of different sizes so the food doesnt get dusty or have the occasional unwelcome pest climbing on it.

I also use PLASTIC shelves from Walmart that are very sturdy, easy to put together, relatively inexspensive AND Made in the USA.

I purchased some cansolidators from Costco to line my shelves on my kitchen pantry for veggies, soups, canned beans etc.
That makes rotating easy. I simply bring home from the store or bring a flat in from the shop and load it there. These were apx $50. for 2 (if I remember right)
and again cheaper at Costco than Shelf Reliance.

While in Utah the Maceys had some of these pantry units from a different company too.