Stockpilers-R-UsDo you stockpile? Share your tips for storing your stockpiles, show off your stash of goodies & guide for dealing w/ those great coupon deals!
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I'm laughing! Years ago I was canning so much and had no place to put it! Our local hospital let me know they had milk crates in the way so I loaded them up and discovered 9 quart jars fit perfectly in them and they stack so nicely clear up to the ceiling. I kept collecting the hospital milk crates and filling and stacking and before long DH was running into solid walls of filled crates where we never had walls before! He's been great ever since to keep me supplied with shelves for all our food storage whether it's store bought or home grown.
Worked great for me! Just make sure your using good solid milk crates and not the cheap flimsy ones! You might call around to schools, hospitals, ect to see if they have milk crates piling up they need to get out of the way! The ones the dairy guy left behind for me were strong enough that we are still using them to sit on or stand on. I lucked out because he just rarely had room to take any of the empties with him and a friend worked there and let me know about them. We were all happy! Well except poor DH!
We can stock some things in the pantry, but not much in the freezer, as it is small and we have constant power outages down here for torrential storms, hurricanes, tornadoes, flooding, etc.
It just would not be smart. We had an entire freezer stocked last summer and we lost power for almost 3 weeks and lost everything.
I finally found others who I can relate to. Yeepie....! My hubby calls me the TP queen. If its on sale and I have a coupon I have to buy it. That is if its a good deal.
My stockpile extends to all canned and dry goods. I'm ready for anything. Its the fresh and frozen items I'd be hurting for. in a major earthquake. I'm a CA gal.
I use a magic marker and write the date I purchased whatever so that I'm sure to use the oldest first. Also, it's easy to look and see if something is staying on the shelf tooo long. I have a room as a pantry and it is wonderful. I'm so glad I found a site where people don't think you are nuts because you stockpile food and supplies. If everything works as it's suppose too, you should be able to rotate your shelves every year to year and a half. I use an excel spreadsheet to track my pantry (hoping things won't fall in the cracks) I can print my spreadsheet and take it to the store and when I see a good deal I look to see how much I need. If you don't use it, it's not a deal...we all know that...but sometimes I need to remind myself!!!!
I did have a great stock pile of pastas, rice flour, etc... However, last summer we got a nasty case of the dreaded pantry moth. Everything had to be thrown out. Now I stock pile these items in our "extra fridge". It doesn't hold too much, but enough for a couple of months worth.
ah yes, those nasty pantry moths! I never leave things in bags or boxes any more! I save all plastic bottles with screw tops! You know the ones that juice, ect comes in. Even little water bottles! I wash them and let them air dry thoroughly. It's the only way I've found to keep those pesty pantry moths at bay! Glass jars with good screw tops work too! I keep flour and sugar in 1 gallon wide mouth jars. If I use pickle jars the flavor can go through so make sure you use some plastic wrap over the jar opening before you put the lid on.
Have been trying to stockpile for the past 6 months, it's paying off. Along with my sons birthday gift this month I fixed him a big basket full of stuff to use for BBQ and grilling out this summer. It included about 4 varieties of BBQ sauce, different mustards, seasoning salt, grillmates for chicken and steak, ketchup, hot sauce, worchestershire sauce, several marinades etc as well as a nice large citronella candle I picked up on sale. He was pleasantly surprised since he loves to grill out and now has enough to get him through the summer. It was such a joy to be able share with him and know that it didn't cost me a fortune.
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in a major earthquake. I'm a CA gal.
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