Lisa,
Last year I had done like you do. I had plates everywhere. This year, not so much. I have a 2 yr old that likes to get into Mamaw's seeds, lol. So I had to stay on top of it this year. Clean, dry and pack. My bedroom door now stays shut, lol. I have seed packets all over my floor (which I have to get up today since hubby is coming home and he'll walk all over them) which he just loves to come in and help me divide up what is going where. I'll walk back to his room and I'll be darned if I don't find a packet of seeds he decided he wanted for himself, lol.