Someone has been eating my borlotti beans, and it isn't me...
I grew them last year, harvested and dried them, and since then have kept them in sealed plastic freezer bags inside a plastic box in the larder. When I went to the box last night I discovered the borlotti bags were full of tiny little bugs, about 1mm long or so, with hard shells. To make matters worse, they had chewed through the plastic and were investigating the rest of the contents of the box - the rice, the lentils etc.
Has anyone else had this problem? I presume that the bugs infested the borlotti while they were on the plant and then, like malicious little Trojan horses, came along for the ride when I brought the beans into the house. More relevantly, does anyone have any ideas on how to stop this happening again?
All suggestions gratefully received...
