How to Harvest Dried Thyme for Cooking
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- čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
- Just thought I'd share how I harvest my dried thyme. Hope you like.
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Here is the link to my Lavender video if you are interested in the earlier part of the process.
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Thank you for the video...this is my first year growing and harvesting herbs....I love it...especially the lavender....videos like your's help soooo much!
Hello Cathy,
Wonderful video full of very useful information. I appreciate the usage of the sticks for kindling. I too try to use everything without waste. It is terrible to see what people put in their garbage cans. I have a mulch pile and I add kitchen scraps to it everyday. But I digress.
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Thanks for all these tips Cathy. My sister has started a garden and I'm going to have her watch your video.
Hi Debbie,
How wonderful, a new garden. I love being able to turn to my garden for cooking supplies all year long. I hope she enjoys the video. Thank you for sharing it with her. Thank you for taking the time to watch and for leaving a lovely comment as well.
God Bless
Cathy
@HuckleberryHA hi. Today I got 1/2 pound fresh THYME ...can I washed first...put it in 1 galon pot water , boiled it and preserve in freezer.....boiled with the stamp?
Thank you
Thank you for this video! I just did this with the last of this year's thyme from the garden. Growing more herbs than ever now. Hugs!
Hi Petina,
You are very kind. Thank you. Yay...more herbs. I try to grow more each year. I love growing my own food. Happy New Year.
God Bless
Cathy
Huckleberry Herbs and Art 🍾Happy New Year to you too!!! 🎉
Really long intro but a great way to harvest thyme! I started picking off the tiny leaves and really wasn’t a fan but this is such an easy way to do it!!
Lol, sorry about the intro length:) Yes, much easier to harvest herbs once they been dried. Thanks for watching and commenting.
God Bless
Cathy
Thanks for the tips. When I first started, I too was a fanatic for trying to strip 'all' the leaves from the stem. Now, I just use the same method as you do
Hi Stan,
Yes, I used to be more picky but then I found that I couldn't keep up with harvesting from the garden without being less particular. Thanks so much for taking the time to watch and comment. Take good care.
God Bless
Cathy
Thank you for this hands on instruction. I am new to harvesting herbs and your video was so helpful to me.
I literally just spent my evening pulling off the herbs stalk by stalk,, never thinking to just tie them together and make do, Lol.. I purchased a Stack It herb dryer and it worked fantastic. 6 layers of herbs all dried and crushed in my small chopper. Next batch will be tied in bunches.. 🙌
Great video thanks for sharing ,just doing my thyme now to
Oh thank u so much for the lesson! I so want to grow my own herbs and dry them and make my own seasoning. :p :) ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I love thyme, I use it in almost everything I cook!! tfs ♡♡
It is a delicious herb that goes so well with many flavors. I can see why you use it all the time. Do you ever grow your own?
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Cathy
Yes I do, I grow all my herbs, I love to have a nice supply to carry me over the winter! =)
My favorite uses for thyme are in potatoes, tea, and in cabbage....yummy yum yum!
Great logic!
This is probably how the pioneers did it. ❤️👍👍👍✝️🙏
Thanks Dear. .....I really love Thyme for my African tea.
Great video I just picked mine first time
Thyme is amazing on ovan roasted Yukon potato wedges with olive oil, salt and pepper
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My Lemon Thyme was already bloomed (Received for my birthday) in this early spring, but I just trimmed the plant & small bit to where I can't hang it, so should I just put in a cut paper bag in a cool dark place to dry? Then take all off of the short stems please? Anyone know as I'm new to this, but trying, smiles... 😘 🌹🌈💞🎵🌷🌺🌸😆👏👍💫🌟💛 ☘️
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Hi Ruby,
You can just spread the out on a screen to let them dry. You want to avoid mold so air circulation is important. Hope this helps.
God Bless
Cathy
Did you do a drying process before this video?
Yes, hung upside down to dry for approximately 3 weeks. Thanks for watching and commenting.
God Bless
Cathy
Thank you for the great video and tips...i oven dried my thyme..cuz i have no patience to wait for them to hang dry..lol..that should be fine right?also do you hang dry your herbs in a sunny location or in a shaded place..thx again
Hi There,
Please forgive the delayed response. You should hang them in a dry dark area. enjoy:)
God Bless
Cathy
Sorry I'm confused, is there a type of Thyme that naturally has a lemon scent or did you add lemon to it already?
What do you use to crush your herbs? Do you worry at such lower quantity you lose a lot of the oils that stick onto the utensil or container that you crush it in?
Hi! Truthfully, I just crush them in my hand only when I am currently cooking with them. The more crushed they are sitting in the storage jars the more they loose flavor so I leave them loose and crush them when I need them.
God Bless
Cathy
How did you dry it
But if you use a fine food chopper the small pieces of stems taste just like the leaves.
Hi, I have a thyme plant that is covered in flowers, can I still dry it out with flowers on? Also can I use it fresh with flowers on e.g to make thyme tea. Thank you Lisa
Hi Lisa,
I dry it with the flowers on it sometimes. You can always just trim the tips or pull some of the flowers off before you dry it. You can still pull them off after drying it's just a little more difficult to identify them among the dried leaves. Either way it won't hurt to have a few flowers mixed in:) I do believe the fresh time would give you a tea but I have never tried it myself. Enjoy. Thank you for watching and for taking the time to leave a comment.
God Bless
Cathy
thank you
Do I wash thyme first before drying?
I only wash them if I believe they have been covered in something. If you do wash them make sure they are really dry when you bunch them and don't make the bunches too large as mold will grow in the dampness.
Hope this helps.
God Bless
Cathy
I dnt knw wat is tis exactly😟l
Talk less
Oh thank u so much for the lesson! I so want to grow my own herbs and dry them and make my own seasoning. :p :) ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I really like knowing that I grew the herbs myself and they really are so much more robust having not been over crushed and dried in a big processing plant. You should absolutely do this for yourself. Have fun:) Thank you very much for watching and for taking the time to leave a lovely comment.
God Bless
Cathy