Fresh herbs are so delicious. You can enjoy them as early as mid spring from your garden or all year long growing them indoors. There is nothing better then a beautiful warm spring day, going out to your garden or farmers market and getting a few bunches of your favorite herbs.

What happens when the season change, the first frost is looming and you have large bushes of herbs in the ground. They brought you so much joy to all of your cooking spring, summer, and most of the autumn. Do you just leave them to freeze, and die on the stem? Hoping they come back next spring.

Of course you don’t waste all that you were blessed with. You choose to take the proactive approach and you chop the herbs a few inches from the base. Before you chop you tie a snug knot a few inches above where you plan to make your cut.

Now you have a huge bouquet of herbs. Find a dark place with some air flow and hang them to dry. Depending on how thick your bunch is, it could take anywhere from a few weeks to dry completely to a few months.

Maybe you are a little more techie and you use your air fryer’s setting to dehydrate your herbs, in smaller batches of course. Then again you might take the plunge and invest in a large freeze dryer dehydrator machine and get the whole bushel of herbs done a few hours.

That’s great now it’s time to store you bounty. You want to do this right. You made sure everything is dry so no chance for mold, ewe gross. Then you have to decide, do you want the leaves only, or do you keep the stems too?

A decision is made and you choose to keep only the leaves. How should they be stored? In a zip bag? No! The oils in the herbs could cause leaching from the plastic, so that rules out plastic jars as well. Not many options left. Brown paper bags, or glass jars? Let’s go with glass jars! Dark ones are best to shield the herbs from the light. No dark glass jars laying around. No worries just put them in a drawer. Hmmm, jars to big for a drawer? A closet is a great cool dark place to store your freshly dehydrated herbs.

Maybe you want to display your beautiful herbs on a shelf out where you can see them. Sure you can do that. Just keep in mind your herbs will not last as long out in the light.

There are many options for jars. No need to run out to the store for new jars. You can use empty pickle jars, carefully washed and thoroughly dried. Old mason jars are great as well. Get creative with your jars, use different sizes, shapes, and colors. This will make your herb display shelf look amazing.

With so many of us working from home these days, a home office and/or desk is a must. The trick is keeping household office needs such as bills, and todo lists separate from work office needs. (That can be so much more then you might imagine).

Setting up a home office can really set you back financially, be sure to sit down and work up a budget. Read “Track your debt and budget”, Need help with budgeting go to the link below.

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It’s important to have the right equipment in your office for it to function properly. Desk organizers come in various sizes and shapes. They are used to organize what you need to get your job done.

A comfortable, and supportive chair is a must. Good lighting is an absolute must. You will need both overhead lighting, and a good adjustable desktop lamp.

Adding a natural element to the space like a plant will help the space feel a little more relaxed.

How to organize your home office desk, to do everything you need it to do and so much more.

Step one: Empty everything from the surface of the desk and each drawer. Wipe everything out!

Step two: Sort and group belongings into categories. Such as… writing (pens, pencils, and markers) then sub categories, divided by color or type ie: permanent and dry erase. (If you have an abundance of supplies, bag up the extras and take them to a local school. They are always in need of supplies).

Herbs and spices, we all have them. We use most of them, sometimes. Some of them we never use and have no idea how or when to use them.

Do you ever remember when you got them? You know the spice’s sitting over there in the corner of your kitchen. Maybe, when you got married or maybe for Christmas. You know they came in a cute little holder 15-20 matching bottles. It looks so cute on your kitchen counter. You almost never notice it anymore it’s been sitting there so long. You use about 50% of the herbs & spices, and the rest just sit there and collect dust. Did you know spice’s don’t last forever? Weird, right? They actually last about a year or two, then they are expired. With the exception of the salt and pepper which will last a little bit longer, but that’s the spice you use on a regular basis and has probably been used and refilled.

First things first, gather all of your herb’s & spice’s and check for any that have expired. toss them out.

Make a list of herb’s & spice’s that need to be replaced. (Only replace what you really use).

Count how many herb’s & spice’s you have and order some really cute jars and labels.

Fill and label all of your cute new jars. Place them in a drawer or cupboard.

Happiness achieved.