and came across a brief section on drying herbs. The illustration gave me pause. The book depicts a rack constructed of wooden poles or 2 x 4s with herbs hanging in bunches from the horizontal pieces. The rack looked very familiar to me. Suddenly, I remembered where I had seen one just like it; in my basement. My husband made this blue and white rack to hold CDs, but it's been retired to the basement since I now have a cabinet in my office to hold my music collection and the rest are on another CD rack in the family room. Ever the frugal gardener, I rushed to the basement, hauled the rack up to the garage, snipped herbs in the late afternoon, and hung them on my newly minted herb drying rack. Two bunches of mint and lemon balm and three bunches of sage await drying, crumbling, and placing in labeled jars. Culinary herbs line my shelves and I enjoy packaging the dried organic herbs from my garden and sending them to my sisters for Christmas presents. But sssh....don't tell them, please! I want it to be a secret!You may also want to see several articles I've written on how to use, dry, freeze and store garden herbs:
- LoveToKnow.com (I'm editor of the Herbs channel): Drying Basil
- Raw People.com: Three Ways to Preserve Fresh Herbs
- eHow: How to Make Mint Iced Tea
1 comments:
Perfect reuse! We had one of those but I donated it to a thrift store.
Looks like it works great. Your sisters will be thrilled.
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