Re: bit OT: winter veg storage

"FarmI" <ask@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "0tterbot" <spl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> in the meantime, i was wondering if a person could use those lidded, 
>> plastic storage bins that stack together. clearly, one would need to 
>> drill holes for air, & line them with hessian or something.
>
> I thought of them when I read your first para.  You could also use dry 
> sand or even bran which was an old fa****oned storage method.  Inspect 
> often.

well, clearly it's not the most absurd idea if two people have thought of
it 
;-) i would be generous with the holes.

>> what about wood frames with fly mesh sides & a lid - any thoughts?
(rats 
>> can > eat though modern mesh afaik, as it's made of plastic now)
>
> Metal fly mesh is still around but in fewer and fewr places.  And I
think 
> a rat could eat it anyway.
>
> Sheet metal with nail holes pumched in it would work too or very fine
bird 
> cage wire.

budgie wire sounds good, eh. i'd like to see the little ****ers chew
through 
that! (no i wouldn't).

still troubled by the idea of time & expense re wood items. argh!
thanks.
kylie