Grains storage

Hello,

For my small scale system, I currently use 5 gallon buckets to store a large variety of grains, but they top out stacked at 3-4 buckets tall and I only have space for so many of them. There are a small number of grains I wish to begin gathering more of.

Is there any reasonable grain storage bin, or system, which isn't absolutely gargantuan and designed for farms? Perhaps I am looking for a 55 gallon or smaller solution here.

Regards

You may want to search for what homesteaders use for animal feed.  There might be options in that arena.  Rodents are another thing to consider.

I'm planning to start using galvanized metal garbage cans to store each type of chicken grain and I'd think that would work for human grain too.  As long as they stay dry...

I considered using galvanized garbage cans for my grain, but we have these teeny bugs that are everywhere at certain times of the year. They're only about a millimeter long and maybe half that wide. They're often on the grain when I harvest. I first noticed them in some rye I was rinsing before cooking. I thought there was lots of dusty chaff rinsing out, then realised they were bugs...bugs that had been living in a sealed mason jar for over a year. So, I stuck with buckets, since their lids fit right enough to to keep those bugs out.

The good thing about grain is, as long as it's dry, you can store it anywhere. I've got mine in the woodshed, stacked four high. If I was taller, I'd go five.

Jan White wrote:I considered using galvanized garbage cans for my grain, but we have these teeny bugs that are everywhere at certain times of the year. They're only about a millimeter long and maybe half that wide. They're often on the grain when I harvest. I first noticed them in some rye I was rinsing before cooking. I thought there was lots of dusty chaff rinsing out, then realised they were bugs...bugs that had been living in a sealed mason jar for over a year. So, I stuck with buckets, since their lids fit right enough to to keep those bugs out.

The good thing about grain is, as long as it's dry, you can store it anywhere. I've got mine in the woodshed, stacked four high. If I was taller, I'd go five.

Yep. Wheat weevils. I've had two infestations so far since posting this thread. Once in yellow field corn, and once in spelt grain.

At this moment I am freezing every bag I have on hand that is not in a bucket for 4 days.

Strangely, none of the wheat in any of the dozen+ buckets I have has ever had these weevils, and I've had that wheat for far longer than the wheat still in bags.