dustpanalley
cabinet cleanout
I had a MAJOR pantry pest infestation. I rarely get them because most of the jars I use are the wire bail hermetically sealing jars- nothing can get into them that you don't put in there yourself. But, as you see, I do have a few things in screw top jars as well. The wire bail jars are very sturdy, last almost forever, but are quite $$. Because we are about to go into heavy budgeting and because we are buying a lot more bulk foods, I splurged and bought a bunch of new big wire bail jars and plenty of replacement gaskets.
I cleaned out everything in the pantry, washed the shelves, got rid of things that were either invaded or just too old, cleaned dirty jars, filled up new ones, and now there's not a bug in there and everything is in good condition.
I love how that feels.
cabinet cleanout
I had a MAJOR pantry pest infestation. I rarely get them because most of the jars I use are the wire bail hermetically sealing jars- nothing can get into them that you don't put in there yourself. But, as you see, I do have a few things in screw top jars as well. The wire bail jars are very sturdy, last almost forever, but are quite $$. Because we are about to go into heavy budgeting and because we are buying a lot more bulk foods, I splurged and bought a bunch of new big wire bail jars and plenty of replacement gaskets.
I cleaned out everything in the pantry, washed the shelves, got rid of things that were either invaded or just too old, cleaned dirty jars, filled up new ones, and now there's not a bug in there and everything is in good condition.
I love how that feels.