I was all set to pull the trigger on a few months of food storage. Had figured out what to get and where to get it, and was about to order the bucket liners.
Then it rained for 2 weeks straight. Suddenly we had invaders. Pill bugs, carpenter bees, beetles, spiders, mosquitoes, and at least 3 distinct species of roach. I hate roaches. Especially the flyers.
Luckily we caught it early, when it was only a bug or two at a time. We used multiple poisoned baits and have taken the fight to their outdoor nests. (I love the way they flop over on the porch and twitch helplessly. DIE BUGS DIE.) So far we're winning.
But anyway... As a result of the insect skirmishes, buying big bags of chow has had to wait. I don't want to feed the enemy. This has caused me to rethink a few things. Frosting buckets, for starters. If it smells like a donut to me, it'll smell like a donut to them. And stuff in thin boxes. Pests can munch right into that.
I'm thinking it's best to go for sturdy containers that have never held food before. Less residual smell. Our LDS friends might be right about the virtues of steel cans.
What do you guys know about pest-proofing food supplies?