Drying & Hanging Herbs from Your Garden or Farmers Market
October is almost here and we are starting into the Holiday Season . In Florida we do not get the same ushering in of cooler weather that others do but we still feel the subtle changes the earth seems to make & somehow that switches on our ancient instincts . We start to think of coming indoors and bring part of our harvest with us.
There is something very special about this time when it comes to harvesting the Herbs you have grown or collected from your local farmers market with painstaking care we choose what we will need or like for the coming dishes, healing salves , wines or simply to decorate & scent the world around us .
Drying Herbs is very simple
You will need a few coat hangers (wire , Plastic or wooden )
You can use a wooden clothing drying rack or they make herb drying racks you can order.
Gather up the herbs like Basil , Rosemary & Other leaf type herbs into small bunches no more than 1/2 each thick and them with cotton thread or twine bundle them .
Tie 4 of the bundles to each hanger or 3" apart on a rack.
Hang them in an airy dark place to dry.
Do not overcrowd the herbs or they will dry unevenly or possibly mildew
The Herb bundles when thoroughly dry will be papery to the touch.
You can use them as they are from the drying rack or you can grind or package them whole to use in your fall & winter projects.
Green Lotus Organics
Donna McGee
October is almost here and we are starting into the Holiday Season . In Florida we do not get the same ushering in of cooler weather that others do but we still feel the subtle changes the earth seems to make & somehow that switches on our ancient instincts . We start to think of coming indoors and bring part of our harvest with us.
There is something very special about this time when it comes to harvesting the Herbs you have grown or collected from your local farmers market with painstaking care we choose what we will need or like for the coming dishes, healing salves , wines or simply to decorate & scent the world around us .
Drying Herbs is very simple
You will need a few coat hangers (wire , Plastic or wooden )
You can use a wooden clothing drying rack or they make herb drying racks you can order.
Gather up the herbs like Basil , Rosemary & Other leaf type herbs into small bunches no more than 1/2 each thick and them with cotton thread or twine bundle them .
Tie 4 of the bundles to each hanger or 3" apart on a rack.
Hang them in an airy dark place to dry.
Do not overcrowd the herbs or they will dry unevenly or possibly mildew
The Herb bundles when thoroughly dry will be papery to the touch.
You can use them as they are from the drying rack or you can grind or package them whole to use in your fall & winter projects.
Green Lotus Organics
Donna McGee
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