Managing Bulk Dry Goods

I buy a lot of dry pantry foods in bulk. Keeping a dry bulk food storage pantry can be a challenge for several reasons. One challenge is finding the room to store the food that is a suitable temperature. It can’t be too warm and it can’t be damp. We use a spare bedroom for the majority of our bulk food storage.

Another challenge is keeping your food safe from pests. I don’t say this lightly…it is absolutely imperative that you guard your bulk food from rodents and moths. If you get distracted and these pests get in, you risk losing everything. In our case, we’re talking about around $1,000 of food so I can’t afford to let any pests get a stronghold.

I don’t like pesticides, so my first line of defense against pantry pests is these moth traps. When I first tried these I was skeptical, but these little traps work amazingly!

I am also old fashioned enough to prefer just a simple mouse trap over other more fancy rodent solutions. I have never tried one of those
glueboards, but I have heard good things about them.

There are some really good options out there that are chemical-free yet still effective. I would encourage you to investigate this option if you are protecting a pantry full of dry goods, too.

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