How to Dry Garden Herbs (No Electricity)
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- čas přidán 2. 10. 2020
- Drying your fresh herbs is a great way to preserve them and very easy to do. Learning how to dry herbs from your garden is as simple as exposing them to air. Gardener Scott shows two easy methods that he uses to dry garden herbs without using electricity. (Video #217)
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As an educator, I sincerely appreciate your video format, content, and narration. You truly are a gift to the gardening world and the world in whole. Thank you for sharing your expertise and simple, smart sense methods accessible to and accomplishable by the rest of us who aren’t master gardeners. I grew my first herb garden this year on a small space and have greatly benefited far beyond my efforts and small investment. I am ready to dry some herbs and really appreciate your video showing us all the necessary information and handy options for drying. I cannot express how impressive and effective are your methods of teaching us to garden. I am in zone 7b but have recommended your channel to my daughter in Denver, Colorado in zone 5. If once it is safe from COVID you host live classes or workshops, I would know she and her husband would love to attend.
Saw a video, once upon a time, that showed someone taking the larger leaves off by sticking the stem through a hole in a colander, pulling it through, and having it remove the leaves for you. This can be done with fresh ones too. Your video reminded me and thought I'd share.
Now i'm having flashbacks of my most epic garden failure, drying a bushel of catmint in the drier. It clogged up everything and the cat was running through the hallways along the walls like a racetrack.
oh that made me laugh so much :)
😂😂😂
Loriful Thanks. That made me laugh. I needed that
I use the heat of my car. you car gets hot sitting in the sun, I bag them in paper bags and put them in for about a week and they are dry. Plus my car smells good.
I put candied honey in my car to liquify it again. It works. Going to try herbs next.
Was surprised when my wife dried the mint on the hood of the car. It dried very quickly in the sunlight. It was completely dry within 4 hours.
Lovely. I hang dry my oregano and rosemary all the thyme. ❤️❤️❤️
Your methods are simple. Your explanations clear. Thank you so much for sharing with us.
God bless you 🙏
I use rubber bands for my lavender bundles. Then I hook a paper clip under it and hang up the bundles. There's no slippage as the stems dry out and shrink.
I just loved this whole video because it was so complete and clear. You take the time to clear up any possible confusion on each step before moving on to the next one. I love that! I feel confident and not overwhelmed by your presentations.
Your video is just in time for a lavender harvest at my home.
I appreciate your willingness to share your love of gardening, detailed instructions and calm demeanor.
I usually put my mints and other 'wet' herbs in my salad spinner before drying. At Amazon, I found a hanging herb dryer made out of a dark mesh material. They come in either 4 or 6 individual levels and each one can be zipped closed. I just lay the mints or herbs on the level to dry, and they are in a dark area with good air flow.
Thank you ,Scott! I was just wondering what to do with all of my basil leaves i get when i prune. Never thought that I would say this, but i can only make so much pesto. I have enjoyed sharing it with friends and family and propagating it. What a great idea for a video!
Thank you for the drying tips. The bundle tying is a great idea and I never thought of using a hanger to hang them.
Thank You for this video on drying herbs. I was out in my garden starring at my beautiful basil plants thinking how they will be gone in a few weeks. Well because of your wonderful video, I will cut and dry them. Thank You again.
Hi, Heidi. I appreciate all that you do to help out on the livestreams. Would you be willing to be an official moderator? You would get a little icon next to your name to show that I've approved you to help answer questions.
I like your tying technique. I've always made the entire bundle and tied around it. (And some would drop out occasionally). Great idea.
I hang mine in front of our kitchen window over the sink, good air flow and smells great.
Thanks Gardener Scott, got a bunch of Rosemary, Thyme, flat leaf parsley, cat mint and lemon balm to dry. Also have a lot a mountain mint and hairy wood mint in plantings in yard, but will dry them next season. Best to you and yours.
Love your videos Scott. I’d love to see you collaborate with MIGardener from Michigan. I think you two are kindred spirits.
It's humid enough, where I live, that those herbs with heavier moisture content, I hang individual stems. I repurposed a LARGE peg board just for this reason.
Thank you for your service. thanks very informative.
Great tips! I have a small hand held coffee bean grinder that is terrific for taking some of those herbs and converting them into a powdery form.
Thank you Sir. I will be sending my herbs to my kids for Christmas.
as usual good explanations. You can also unfold a paper clip to hang the loop on with the hanger.
Thank you! I'm going to try this.
That was awesome! Thank you.
Great vid as always!!! I’m hoping to do a lot of this next year.
Thanks i can't wait to get mine done.
Thank you for this video.
An effective way.
Thanks for sharing sir.👍
Thank you!
Just chopped my pre-98 bubba and am definitely looking to enjoying my herbs.
Thank you
Great. I just hung some sage oregano and rosemary today. I love doing that. The fragrance is wonderful coming up my stairs.
Have you experimented with the ice cube method? Awesome and helpful video as usual! 🌿💚🌻
I've frozen basil in ice cubes. I think that's better than drying for a tender herb like that.
Great video on preserving herbs, Scott. great advice
Thanks Scott. This video is so timely...
All afternoon, I was wondering if their might be a simpler, or easier, way to do this. This afternoon, before I came in and saw your video, I had just harvested a huge basil bush. I rinsed outside with the spray hose set to “flat.” Then wrapped the stems in the same yarn that I use in the garden beds to hold up plants.
In our previous home, our attic was a perfect place. Easy access, and dry heat throughout the sunny days. It smelled nice up there.
In our present home, I may be hanging them in the garage. Or in a guest room that is not used much.
The garage advantage, it gets a lot of dry heat in the daytime. And one entire side is just used for storage. No chemicals. But I am concerned about the parking of my car. I rarely shut the garage door until the air has had a chance to clear out. I also keep a large fan set up to easily assist with air clean out as well as circulation. Your comment on something I may not have considered?
Dust can be a big factor in a garage. Basil can lose a lot of flavor when dried and can change color. It is often better frozen in water or oil.
@@GardenerScott Frozen in water or oil. Fascinating. Thank you so much. I will move it into the guest room for now.
Nice video Scott. Have you had any success air drying dill? The stems are so wet and succulent I'm not sure it will work well. Curious if you have some ideas.
Thanks. I have had good success and have used my dried dill recently when cooking fish. The fine leaves dry so quickly that I usually collect them before the stem has dried.
@@GardenerScott Thanks, that is what I was hoping for. I'm actually trying it, made a bit of a video, realized I'd have to know my business a bit better (I've made a few slip ups with information lately - embarrassing), got online to research, found your video and thought I'd ask. I've learned it can be done, but with dill itis as you say, probably harvest can cast off the stems. y wife likes them hanging around so that's a good plus. Happy New Year!
Lots of flowers on my mint should I leave them on the stems and include them in the dried parts?
Cut the flowers off, they don't have the same intense mint flavor. The mint should taste better if you harvest before it flowers.
I read somewhere that air drying keeps the flavor more concentrated than dehydrating. Any thoughts on this? Great video! Thanks!
Thanks. I think that the flavor is more concentrated with air drying. The heat of dehydrating can cause some of the oils, and flavor, to evaporate.
@@GardenerScott Thanks Gardener Scott!
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Have you ever dried garlic? We use the powdered garlic from the store. Is this practical to make, or maybe dry minced garlic? Thank you!
Dried garlic is relatively easy to make. Cut slices and then place them in a dehydrator. After dry, pulverize in a food processor.
@@GardenerScott Thank you!
Do you have any recipes for vinegarettes?
I use one part vinegar to three parts oil and then add the main flavor. I love making a raspberry vinaigrette using raspberry jam from my own raspberries.
Thank you!!!
Scott, when drying food on newspaper is there a risk of picking up some heavy metal, such as cadmium, from the ink?
In the wiki for Turmeric, it says that 4 years ago there was a scandal where red lead was used as a filler for the spice, so it's good to test the metal content of spices regardless of the source.
Newspaper ink is soy-based. Magazine ink may have some metals but newspaper is okay.
@@GardenerScott Thank you, again.
My thyme, oregano have bloomed. Can I still harvest the herbs? If not, can I cut the herbs back and then when they regrow (if they regrow?) then harvest???? Do you ever get more than one harvest off your herb plants?
You can still harvest and you can use the flowers as a flavoring. You may notice a change in the flavor of the herbs as they age and flower. They'll regrow, but depending on the length of your season you may not get a full harvest before cold weather.
@@GardenerScott Thanks for replying. So would I leave the flowers once dry and then include with the leaves?
@@CuriousinNY You can, but I separate them before drying.
My herbs did not grow. Can I do this with store bought herds
Yes you can.
Can I hang them in a window?
You can, but if it's harsh sun the leaves may turn darker.