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My grandma's $3 mason jar trick for keeping pantry moths out
Honestly I was ready to toss my whole flour stash last month after finding those little webs in the cornmeal, but my grandma told me to drop a single bay leaf in each jar before sealing it up. It felt silly at first but three weeks later and not a single moth, so now I keep a little bag of bay leaves right next to the flour bin. Has anyone tried this with other dried goods, or does it only work for the grain stuff?
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fisher.mason21h ago
Bay leaves in the flour jar is one of those old tricks that keeps popping up because it kind of fits a bigger pattern, simple stuff from the kitchen often works better than the fancy solutions we buy. My aunt used to tuck a leaf in her rice and pasta jars too, and it seemed to do the job there as well, though I never ran a real test on it. The catch is you have to swap the leaves out every few months since they lose their punch over time. Dried herbs and spices might be a different story since the moths seem less drawn to them, but it probably can't hurt to drop a leaf in those jars too. Take all this with a grain of salt though, since pantry bugs come and go based on weather and how clean the shelves are.
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