Ending and Beginning

Stored another 100 lbs of hard red wheat today.

100 lbs of wheat fits into three 5-gallon buckets.

Used resealable Mylar bags in the buckets with 3 500ml oxygen absorbers in each. Closed each bucket with a gamma lid. Should stay good for a long time.

M got the buckets from her work. They were used for pickles — most of the smell is out of them and with the Mylar bags in between, I’m not worried about that smell getting into the wheat.

We have about  350 lbs of wheat stored right now. My informal goal is to keep two adults and two children alive for a year without external inputs, and I think we’re somewhere near there. I’m assuming we’ll have a growing season in that year to grow as much food as we possibly can.

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