Keeping the bugs out and off

Preserving food by drying methods.
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WillyPete

Keeping the bugs out and off

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Got to thinking about drying food items and remembered how well window screen keeps the bugs and such off of our porch. The steel stuff rusts up and has to be replaced every couple of years but the fiberglass screen seems to last forever!
Build a frame and attach a screen floor tightly to place the food items for drying, I'd use 2x2 lumber for the frame, and place another layer on the opposite side of the frame as a backstop for the bugs. Another same size frame with a top layer of screen to cover the food items and a means to firmly attach the frames together to keep the critters from finding their way inside through the perimeter of the frames.
Set the frames on some legs out in the sun and wind and the food items will dry just right.
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