February is a great month to get some deep cleaning done throughout the house. This past weekend I took 2 days to thoroughly clean and organize the small bedroom/second pantry. I used to use this room mainly for crafts and making soap but now use it more for storage.
I still have a lot of ingredients and oils left over from my soap-making days and so many containers too. I need to find someone to give them to as I no longer need them. For one reason or another, I never seem to get around to purging any of it.
I removed one of the 8' tables with the microwave on it and that was a start. Then I took all the jars of dried botanicals that I would use in the soaps and they are now going into the compost. I had two large bins of so many herbs and flower petals. It was sad and yet satisfying to let them all go.
I only have one small 4' table now with my large dehydrator on it. That will give me enough table room to work with when I start doing the herbs again this summer. I can't believe how much larger the room feels, not to mention, how much lighter the energy in the room is. Yet, I still have so many boxes to go through and the hardest part was discarding about 40 bottles of essential oils and fragrances I used to scent the soaps.
I spent one day tidying up all the jars I canned this last season. They were a little dusty and I wanted to make sure I put any from 2023 to the front to be used first. I have not used some of the relishes or pickles so I won't make any this year. I still have a lot of pickled jalapenos too so that one is not needed.
Actually, now that my family has moved to another state, it's only the two of us using the produce. I may not be doing much processing this year. I'm glad I took the time to see what I have on hand as that will help me decide what and how many seeds to sow. I can tell that I will be cutting back on the amount of tomato and pepper plants I will be growing.
Thanks to the inspiration from Pam over 
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