Using Your Stores (Pantry)

There are a couple of important things to remember

about your home food supply

that seem to be a hang-up for some folks.

Thing number 1:

The first is knowing how much and of what your family eats.

To help my meager little pea-brain,

I made labels that I showed you here.

Peas will be the first thing due to harvest and can.

You can see on the shelf, we still have quite a few left.

Last year was a good pea year.

The year prior wasn't as much so.

If we have a few jars left over, I'm okay with that.

It will be a comfort to know if this year they don't produce as well

that we will still have plenty.

I had to buy tomato sauce:(

This year I'm planting more canning tomatoes in hopes to remedy that.

Also, we've eaten more corn than usual, because it taste sooo good!

Wow, that was a good box of corn.

Thing number 2:

You might notice all the empty jars.

As we eat the food, I put the jars back where they were - only empty.

This acts like a place holder,

but what it really means is we are eating our food!

I can't believe how many people 'stock up'

but don't eat their stock pile.

I guess that means it's just for decoration ???

Weather it is food purchased from a store 

or you have preserved your own store,

food really only last so long.

Go ahead and use it.

If you find that it's been on your shelf for a while and nobody in the house

is interested in eating it,

ask a neighbor if they would like it.

Our neighbors love it when I do that,

though I've become pretty good at declining things we don't eat

so don't have much in that realm any more.

Pantry space is just too valuable.

So with those 2 things in mind,

what's on your shelf :?)