Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Dried Herbs from My Own Little Garden



In preparation for the cooler months, I decided to harvest a bit of the mint that I had been growing all summer. I cut off some of the longer vine-y pieces that were starting to climb out of the pot, tied them together with some string, and attached them to a cooling rack for about four days.



After they had been drying for a few days, I cut them off the cooling rack, and cut the string off that held the herbs together. 


I then proceeded to crumble the dried leaves off the stems, being careful to pick out any stems that fell in with the leaves. 



After I did this to all my dried mint, I ended up with about 3 Tablespoons of crushed, dried mint. I know it's a small harvest, but I've only had the plant for three months so I think she did pretty well!

I put it in a small jar to store it and plan on mixing some organic black tea leaves with it so I can have a homemade mint tea.


P.S. I also recently purchased some lavender and had a pretty advanced sprig compared to the rest, so I trimmed it off and dried it too. Still trying to decided what to do with this tiny herb...


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1 comment:

  1. Way to go. Even if it is only a small amount it is still rewarding to know you grew it and those herbs are much fresher than what you get at the grocery store and don't have any of the gross things that can be in commercial herbs/spices (spider legs, debris, etc).

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