Where do you keep your fruit? (And onions/garlic/potatoes....)?
Want this stuff off the countertop!
Usual stock at any given time is a dozen apples, a bunch of bananas, as much citrus as I can justify, a week's worth of onions, garlic, 5 lb potatoes and some kind of squash. It's harvest time, and while the tomatoes will go away soon, something of similar volume will take their place... Some can go in the fridge, but husband won't eat it if he can't see it out on display.
Any cute wall mounted fruit baskets? Do those wire dangly things ever not look bad? Other ideas? (I did know myself well enough to build an onion cubby...)
Here's where the stuff is now:
In pantry above microwave.
Apples temporarily in spice rack shelf above coffee maker, but it's no good for large pie apples.
Want this counter clear!
Squash flood next. If this stuff had a home, maybe I could finish that area!
The copper bowls are nice, but ideally they'd be off the counter as well. And yeah, there are some herbs drying on the windowsill, too. They also need a home.
Guess this is what happens when you start a garden and discover local farmer's markets while fixing a house... What did kitchen gardeners do in the olden days? Do I need to start hanging baskets from the ceiling? Is there some produce storing furniture thing I could hunt down for the dining room? Thoughts?
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Lady Driver
8 years agoI have a California (or stack) cooler currently. It is a cupboard that vents to the outdoors at the top and bottom. Air circulates through it to keep items like potatoes and onions cool.
We may not be able to keep it after the remodel. It doesn't make sense to improve insulation and windows if you are going to leave permanent openings to the outdoors. I like something like this as a substitute
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neonweb US 5b
8 years agoCan you move your baskets onto a shelf below your upper cabinets? Everything would be in sight and ventilated, but off the counter and out of the way.
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8 years agoNeonweb, no uppers except in pantry. Shelves I've built so far are full, but there is wall space to hang some more. Trick is then finding the right baskets to go on the shelves...
If I rearranged some things, I might be able to carve out space in a drawer for potatoes/squash/garlic/onions. (Just had a book from the library on home root cellars and it claimed that despite what everyone seems to think, onions and potatoes could be mixed in storage! Wonder what is right...)
If I had more space, I'd do a wood version of this:
lathyrus
8 years agoOh, and I may try a ceiling fruit basket and see how it goes. It works in this kitchen:
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