bay leaves to prevent bugs in food

[bornthrifty]

anyone use the bay leaf method?

I guess you put bay leaves in the bucket with the flour or rice and that prevents bugs...

would I get a good shelf life with bay leaves and flour or rice in a food grade bucket with regular lid or do I need all of that fancy equipment in order to get some things to store for several years and not worry about?


thanks

 

[FarmerDenise]

I don't know about long term storage, but since we've been adding bay leaves to our can of animal grains, we haven't been getting moths in there.

 

[philpatton]

The purpose of using bay leaves is to help to keep the creepy crawlers out of the grain.

I normally put some inside the Mylar bag as well as on top of the Mylar bag once I seal it.

Check on-line and buy the bay leaves in bulk, its a whole lot cheaper than buying it by the oz at the local store. I forget how much it cost me for a pound when I bought some in Dec but I think that it was like $10 a pound, maybe less.

What fancy equipment are you referring to? Mylar Bags? Oxygen absorbers? They dont cost that much and are cheap insurance.