How often do you purge your spices?
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Comments (17)I have so many spices and herbs and spice mixes in different sizes and shapes - jars, shakers, tins, boxes, baggies - I gave up trying to keep them in a drawer or on the shelf in a loose fashion. Things got lost behind other things and everything looked messy. I bought a bunch of inexpensive shoebox sized clear-ish storage containers. I placed all of my spices and herbs in those and stacked them two high in each shelf above and to the right of my stovetop (the most logical spot for me though I might rethink it) for a total of six containers. They are not organized alphabetically but by frequency of use. The things I use the most often are in the lower two bins on the bottom shelf. The things I use less often (or are extras) are in the shelves above as those require that I get a step stool. (I'm 5 feet tall.) I have small cabinet shelves to hold them so I can take one bin out at a time. I placed one set on the table for better light. Apologies for the crummy cell phone image. I also have other herbs and spices in a pantry shelf in additional containers. Those are things I use the least often or have purchased in bulk. Eileen Here is a link that might be useful: Shoebox sized containers....See MoreHow often do you prune your belongings?
Comments (39)Artemis, same here! I must start sorting and discarding--we have the great luxury of over a year's lead time till we retire and transition to living in what is now our vacation house. I must begin working on the mammoth project of clearing out our home of 30 years. We're not hoarders but we have a full house of stuff, as everyone does and it cannot all go down there! I know the hardest things to part with will be the furniture and decor items that just don't belong in the new place; I've lightened up my 'tropical traditional' style considerably in our new house and I love the fresh look I have going down there. But oh it will be wrenching to give up things I've used and loved so long. I"m planning to start with the easy stuff-things that are not sentimental or in use. Friday is commencement day at my university which for those who work in higher ed is the official start of summer :). I'm going to try to discipline myself to either set a timer or make some job slips (clear a shelf/empty a drawer/sort a closet bar) and draw the winning task each evening since I won't be coming home exhausted and fit only to eat dinner and gaze vacantly at HGTV for an hour or so before heading off to bed....See MoreHow often do you wash down and re-seal your backsplash?
Comments (10)I didn't know there was such a thing as a splatter guard for the stove -- will have to look into that. There's a gap behind the stove and the back wall so I can't prop anything up on there, but the glass cutting board is a good idea. The deep fryer is in the garage, but DH does pan-fry/high-heat saute stuff on the stove. And guess what? I'm the one who oil-stained the grout already!! I was browning some chicken pieces, on the front burner no less, and a big splat of oil hit the backsplash. I did wash down the splash that evening but darn it a small section of grout got hit good. Soapy water and a grout brush didn't work, 409 and a grout brush lightened it enough to where no one will ever notice but me because I know it's there and it bugs me. So yea, I probably should re-seal once a year....See MoreHow often do you re-pot your hostas?
Comments (6)media wears out .. 5 years is a long time .. its job is a water management .. and that is what fails.. water is o longer moving thru the pot properly ... perhaps running down the sides.. instead of going down thru the media... and all of a sudden you have a plant in drought in a pot that you know you water ... then the roots start goring out toward the edges.. and the middle is barren.. or just a gob of dead roots ... its time to repot ... sorry i cant offer you excuses otherwise .. ken ps: you got darn lucky with winter ... when i moved 1650 pots of hosta out here from livonia... i lost about 185 blues .... they sprouted early.. and then did not like being in cold sodden wet spring pots .......See MoreLars/J. Robert Scott
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