Clean up and Destash

It is almost springtime, though today’s thermometer didn’t feel like it.  The Forsythia in town is blooming.  We will not see ours bloom for another few weeks at least.  The fruit trees are budding out and pruning is in order tomorrow.  The coming of spring will empty the garage of the deck furniture, the chicken tractor and some of the gardening stuff.  When we moved our household goods to our retirement homestead we moved a portable workbench that has sat and collected clutter for the past 6 years.  There are also some duplicate power tools and other items.  The garage has two very sturdy built in workbenches, organizational shelving to store coolers, camping gear, paint cans and organizer boxes for nails, screws, nuts and bolts.

Inside the house is a stash of yarn and fiber I will not use, stuff that I won, was given to me, or is extra from completed projects, some knitting books that I no longer want, and my spinning wheel that I wish to replace with a slightly more advanced one.

In my spring cleaning mode, I have started listing these items on Craigslist, Ravelry and Ebay to reduce the clutter and to help fund the spinning wheel that I covet.

Once the items have been sold and spring arrives to move the gardening and deck items back outside, there will be a major garage cleaning and reorganization so that the built in workbenches can actually be used and so that coolers and garden tools can be more easily accessed.

My theory is that my junk is someone else’s treasure.