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Author Garden: How do you dry herbs for foods? weezie13 Compost Queen! Member # 772 posted                       How do you dry herbs for foods? Just curious, like mints, or such??? ?Are they dry tasting??? Weezie * * * * Weezie Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2 http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/ Plants: 29299 | From: N.Y. | Registered: Apr 2003  |  Seeded: 24.54.84.81 Bess of the Piedmont Super Gardener Member # 574 posted                       Well, the traditional way to dry herbs is to hang them upside down in a dry part of your house (i.e. not a basement that gets soggy during rainstorms, because that would invite molds & mildew onto your lovingly harvested plant matter). You can tie several branches together, but not so many as to impede the air circulation. I think there are more modern ways to do it, but I find it kind of romantic to see herbs hanging to dry in your kitchen. It looks old world and sweet. It also makes the house smell nice. Once they have dried out, it's smart to put them in an airtight container so they don't lose flavor. You know, I have a lot of sage out front that I really ought to dry this year. Hmmmm.... * * * * Plants: 688 | From: Northern Virginia, U.S.A. | Registered: Mar 2003  |  Seeded: 63.188.72.201 weezie13 Compost Queen! Member # 772 posted                       I would love to read up some more on all the herbs and such. I find them fascinating! I have seen many shows, like on HGTV, for making things with the herbs. Someday, I'm going to have my husband make me a little barn for all those things, and make a little store in there. Something to look forward to sometime, when I'm not chasing kids!!! Weezie * * * * Weezie Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2 http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/ Plants: 29299 | From: N.Y. | Registered: Apr 2003  |  Seeded: 24.54.84.61 njoynit Garden Pro! Member # 1345 posted                       here ya go wezzie http://www.sunthymesherbfarm.com/drystore.htm here is for harvesting http://www.sunthymesherbfarm.com/harvestchart.htm heres another http://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheets/HGIC3086.htm this should wet your appitite * * * * I will age ungracefully until I become an old woman in a small garden..doing whatever the Hell I want! http://community.webshots.com/user/njoynit03 http://community.webshots.com/user/njoynit http://photos.yahoo.com/njoynit03 Plants: 2209 | From: SE TX`in the yard somewhere most likely | Registered: Jul 2003  |  Seeded: 67.30.43.172

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