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Feed Buckets with Lids

These feed buckets with lids are just like their lidded-bins counterparts because they are great for long-term storage of your dehydrated foods. You can pick these up at Tractor Supply.

Not Just for Animals Anymore!

These 5-gallon #2 plastic food grade feed buckets are fantastic and store easily in a closet, walk-in pantry, or your garage.

Store buckets together that have the same kind of food items inside, such as flour and bread yeast next to each other; and sugar and salt side-by-side. Veggies in another 'column' etc.

Another thing: Safety First—leave the HEAVY buckets on the floor, or at least on the lower shelf. You don't want to be hit in the head by a full bucket! :-)
(Note: These are readily available at your home building center or farm feed supply stores). 

When you have your buckets filled with your Mylar bags, which should have their contents and the date written on the bags, it's time to do the same on the outside of the bucket and date it!

Food-Grade Plastic Pails (Feed Buckets)

The Food Grade plastic pails (buckets to me!) are also from Amazon.com—that's a good price for six of them.

Basically, we're looking to store our filled Mylar bags in bulk. So the buckets with handles make it easy to move 'em around.

But back to the bucket lids, you (gently!) 'hammer-on' the 'rim' and then you can simply screw-out the center part!

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These buckets are great for stacking in the garage— preferably an air-conditioned garage.

NOTE: I came across these great Gamma2 lids at Amazon (see the links below).

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You can see these feed buckets with lids
(and some grey buckets from our local hardware store)
in our Great Wall of Dehydrated Food photo and page!

Screw-Out Lids Are Air Tight And Bug-Free!

One reviewer said the Gamma 2 lids (and buckets!) kept her flour etc. totally bug-free—as they really are air-tight! No more losing finger nails and hurting your finger tips trying to pry lids off, especially in cold weather... ouch!

We also use grey buckets from our favorite home improvement store.

Don't forget to add a 2000cc oxypack!
Remember, the dehydrated foods are being stored long-term,
so we need to remember we don't want to be opening
and closing these buckets on a daily basis, maybe
twice a year, for stock rotation.

100cc
Oxygen Absorbers

300cc
Oxygen Absorbers

2000cc
Oxygen Absorbers

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The price you pay doesn't increase.

Susan Gast began Easy Food Dehydrating in December 2010. Read Susan's story of what sparked her interest in all things related to "food dehydrating."

She is featured on Mother Earth News blog, and on Solo Build It (SBI) who host this site. Read her first SBI interview, and her second SBI interview.

Since 1980, Susan's involvement in publishing - in one form or another - led her to create a "review site" of products related to the publishing industry. Visit ePubTechReviews today, also hosted by Solo Build It. Susan also runs her namesake site SusanGast.com on Solo Build It that showcases the books she has written since 2010.

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