Order of use and stock rotation

In short

• Two rules together: what keeps shortest goes first, and within the same kind old before new.
• The weekly basket: bring out of the cellar and store room as much as the family eats in a week, no more.
• Half the winter stores must be in the house at the start of January; of grain, more than half in January and at least a quarter in April.
• The freezer is emptied by November, before the pig and the autumn killing.
• A surplus you won't manage to eat is processed or shared while it is sound, not when it starts to go off.
• A new jar, bag or sack always goes at the back or underneath, the old one in front.

What's inside

Chapters

1. Two rules of order
2. The year of use, month by month
3. The cellar and the crock
4. Jars of preserves and fruit
5. The freezer
6. Cured meat, lard and meat in lard
7. Dairy, eggs and dried food
8. Grain, flour and beans
9. End of the season: surplus and shortfall
10. Most common mistakes
11. Printable checklist

Worksheets

• Weekly ration calculator
• Calculator for what is needed until the end of the season
• Plan of use by month
• Weekly basket
• Rotation calendar
• Rotation labels