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  • From: Leslie <cayadopi AT yahoo.com>
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  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Cool food storage
  • Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 12:07:47 -0800 (PST)

Do you (or anyone) think I'd be wasting some money buying some of the larger
plastic commercial food grade storage containers, they are tightly sealed,
from the local packing houses for the purpose of storing dried beans (above
ground). 
 
I had problems in Miami from time to time with bolweevils (or something like
them) that would invade my stored dried food.  I had tuperware which did a
decent job, until it got old and the weevils finally managed to drill a
little hole thru the plastic and invaded....

 

--- On Tue, 12/9/08, Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com> wrote:

From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Cool food storage
To: cayadopi AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2008, 3:02 PM

On Dec 9, 2008, at 12:56 PM, Leslie wrote:

> ah, ok.
>
> I was wondering, because there are a lot of "critters" in the
desert
> that burrow underground and would love a bunch of free meals without
> having to surface. A number of them are quite small in size.

In all home food production enterprises, it is prudent to expect
losses and plan accordingly.

That said, perhaps an outer impenetrable surface, say a plastic
garbage can, with inner dirt and straw surrounding the veggies. Good
experiment.
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Mason jars work well, too. I have a bunch of half-gallon Mason jars, which
aren't recommended for canning anymore, so I use them for dry goods
(wheaberries, at the moment).

Lynn Wigglesworth

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From: "Leslie" <cayadopi AT yahoo.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 3:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Cool food storage


Do you (or anyone) think I'd be wasting some money buying some of the larger
plastic commercial food grade storage containers, they are tightly sealed,
from the local packing houses for the purpose of storing dried beans (above
ground).

I had problems in Miami from time to time with bolweevils (or something like
them) that would invade my stored dried food. I had tuperware which did a
decent job, until it got old and the weevils finally managed to drill a
little hole thru the plastic and invaded....



--- On Tue, 12/9/08, Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com> wrote:

From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Cool food storage
To: cayadopi AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2008, 3:02 PM

On Dec 9, 2008, at 12:56 PM, Leslie wrote:

> ah, ok.
>
> I was wondering, because there are a lot of "critters" in the
desert
> that burrow underground and would love a bunch of free meals without
> having to surface. A number of them are quite small in size.

In all home food production enterprises, it is prudent to expect
losses and plan accordingly.

That said, perhaps an outer impenetrable surface, say a plastic
garbage can, with inner dirt and straw surrounding the veggies. Good
experiment.
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