Drying Herbs

This week I'm drying some of the herbs I'm growing. Home grown are so much better than store bought and much less expensive. Of course there's the work of drying them and removing leaves or seeds from the stems. I have a few of these reusable jars to store the herbs in. If I run out of jars I can store dried herbs in baggies. Above is a jar of dried parsley and dried Spanish tarragon.

My dill is going to seed so I'm trying to pick the seed heads before they burst open and set themselves free. A few have escaped hopefully they'll reseed themselves for next year.

Here's some of my Spanish tarragon drying. It's also called Mexican or Texas tarragon. This is a lovely plant to grow, related to the marigold, it's topped with small golden yellow flowers. It dies down in the Winter but comes back in the Spring.

This year I've grown a few plants of onion chives and they are doing great. I had some on a baked potato with yogurt the other day and they are delicious. The stem is hollow and they are fleshy so I am not sure how to dry them. I know the chives I get at the grocery are freeze dried. I'll have to do a little research.

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