Comments on: Cool Idea: Using a Freezer as a Planter…

By: Sharon McLachlan

Sharon McLachlan — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 23:35:44 +0000

Hi I have a broken freezer I love your idea, but mine is stainless steel. That’s why I got the net in the first place. Not sure if it would be safe to possible problems contaminating food. What do you think. It is winter here in my part of Australia
Din’t want to add more to land fill than needed.

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Freezers - Choose The Best Brand — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:51:18 +0000

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Chest Freezer to Keg-O-Rator Conversion Part 1A — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:25:54 +0000

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By: TheDebtDarling

TheDebtDarling — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:16:27 +0000

I love your idea of painting the freezer with chalkboard paint. That’s great. I had no idea that an old freeze could be such a great place to grow your seedling. Thanks for this tip.

By: heather

heather — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:41:54 +0000

@Claire- that’s a wonderful idea! I’d thought of planting potatoes in one, but never would have thought of actually burying the freezer. That’s a great idea, thanks so much for sharing!

By: Claire

Claire — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:34:54 +0000

Broken chest freezers also make terrific root cellars. An added bonus is that once they’re buried in the ground, there’s no need to disguise the fact that you have a freezer on your lawn. The book, Root Cellaring, has a good a how-to for using a chest freezer as a root cellar. If you had a pair of freezers, you could grow your veggies in one, and store the surplus in the other.