Drying Herbs

It can not get much easier for drying herbs than hanging them up. While we were pruning the trees the other day we went ahead and did the Rosemary bush as well. Since that day we have had 6 large bundles drying in the house.

While we love having fresh Rosemary for dishes it is also nice to have some dried to use at times. The easiest way to dry them is too tie them into a bundle and hang them upside down until dry.

One nice benefit to drying them this way is they add a pleasant fragrance to the house for a few days. I know with this amount of dried Rosemary we will be able to make lots of Rosemary Cheese Crackers that we talked about yesterday. This is a great way to store a lot of herbs for later use.

It is not limited to Rosemary. We have also used it successfully on Basil, Rosemary, and Sage. This allows us to build our pantry of dried herbs when we have an abundance of fresh herbs that we can not use. The other alternative is to sell some of the fresh herbs to fund other things.

I have always been captivated by herbs as they typically perform better in bad soil and often neglected status. The huge benefit is a lot of them are perennials so they will continue to come back or stay present all year like the Rosemary here in our yard.

I would encourage anyone to get started today drying herbs today. A little string and a good place to hang them upside down will not only give your house a pleasant smell it will also supply you with a lot of dried herbs to spice up your cooking. No matter when or what you are cooking herbs will generally make it better. Drying herbs is a good way to preserve the excess of the growing season for later.