Last week, I posted about using buckets for food storage. During the past few weeks, one of the things I've been researching has been long(er)-term food storage.

Several years ago, we were blessed with some Y2K wheat from some friends who were moving. The wheat was wonderfully preserved in buckets, and we have been enjoying it! The last bucket we used was dated February of 1999 -- 9 years ago now -- and tasted great!!

By now, our supply is completely used, and I'm just now figuring out what I want to do to replenish it! After a lot of research and thought, Joshua and I ordered some wheat through our local co-op. I've been researching exactly how to store it, since spending money on food is only resourceful if the food doesn't go bad before it's used!

Shelby mentioned not knowing how much a hundred pounds of wheat even looked like. In our experience, 100 pounds of wheat fills three 6-gallon buckets. A 4.5 gallon buckets will hold 25 pounds, if your buckets happen to be that smaller size.

Here are some helpful links about long-term food storage:

The shelf like of various foods at various temperatures (to help you figure out what to store!)

Storing food in buckets -- a picture tutorial

More details on long-term bucket storage

A YouTube video about bucket-packing grains (part 1 of 2) Sometimes seeing instead of just reading is fun! There are more videos on YouTube about food storage, if you do a little searching. :)

Prudent Food Storage FAQ (click on the link by the same title)

Provident Living website (a Mormon site with lot of helpful ideas for stocking short-term and long-term pantry items)

Frugal Squirrels -- This is a website with a store and a great forum. You have to be registered and approved before you can read the forums, but there is a wealth of information on there!

Mrs. Survival -- More forums with good info!

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