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Post by MeandTK on Feb 8, 2019 19:45:07 GMT
I am hoping to have many dry beans this year. How do you like to store them best?
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Post by feather on Feb 8, 2019 19:57:21 GMT
They are dry and in bags, those bags are in 5 gallon sealed buckets, diatomaceous earth sprinkled on top. Or they are cooked and pressure canned stored in jars on the pantry shelf.
EDIT: I'm going to use some of the gardens this summer, to plant soy beans and chick peas. We've never done it before but it is possible. So we might have beans too.
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Post by MeandTK on Feb 8, 2019 22:36:13 GMT
Chickpeas is one of my planned varieties. I hope to can many, but would like to put some up dry for milling.
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Post by feather on Feb 8, 2019 22:57:11 GMT
Um, with dry goods, the DE, supposedly will kill bugs with exoskeletons. I don't know if it works but I've used it for 4 years and no bugs.
Another thing you can do once the beans are completely dry is to freeze them, this kills off any bugs and any larvae, before you store them dry.
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Post by spacecase0 on Feb 9, 2019 2:11:52 GMT
I have used diatomaceous earth quite a bit, it works well. all the insects I have tried it on don't last long at all.
the other way I store dry goods is to put them in canning jars and take out all the air.
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Post by wally on Feb 9, 2019 14:03:28 GMT
We store our dry beans in half gallon jars, we also keep several pints of canned beans on hand
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Post by Ozarks Tom on Feb 9, 2019 19:15:15 GMT
MeandTK , You're way more ambitious than me, I buy several types of beans in 50# bags at a Mennonite store that caters to the Amish. Put them in mylar bags with O2 absorbers, then into 5 gallon buckets.
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