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I store everything in mason jars..
beans, rice, mixes, dried herbs, seasoning blends, loose tea, barley, 
flour, grits...

B

Lynn Wigglesworth wrote:
> 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
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Leslie" <cayadopi AT yahoo.com>
> To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> 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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