How to Dry and Store Herbs

In today's video I wanted to share the steps and different methods of drying and storing herbs that I favor. I hope you enjoy!

Timestamps
00:00 Intro
01:30 ad
03:55 the first steps
06:05 the basket drying method
09:16 the bundle drying method
11:43 storing herbs
13:16 last few notes

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[mrs.blennerhassit]

Helpful hint: Fine mesh bags (like the ones that yarn often comes in) make great herb dryers, because you can hang them from the ceiling and get %100 air circulation, plus you don't lose a single leaf - everything stays in the bag!

[sherryk]

I found an interesting way to preserve basil for either cooking or the craft or both. Salt! Put a layer of salt in a clean jar then put a layer or two of basil leaves on top. Repeat until you've preserved enough or u filled the jar. Store on the fridge and you've got fresh basil leaves for winter cooking! U can cut up the basil and mix it with a nice salt like Redmond's real salt (not table salt!!) and you've got some nice basil salt for seasoning or the craft.

[blackheartgaming]

I love how sincere you are and how peaceful your videos are

[toddy]

Thank you! Like you said hanging by the stems in a cool dark dry place really is the key. Last month I tried laying mint down on its side and even though it was in a very well ventilated basket it looked and smelled funky after drying. The mint hanging nearby looked brilliant and smelled amazing. I use those twisty ties that come on bread or produce or I use bag clips or clothespins attached to a wire storage rack for drying. Another method I've found helpful is placing small quantities of material in a brown paper bag and attaching it with a clothespin to my rack. It even worked well for drying cone flowers.

[theraven]

I really love how you do everything with so much care. Your hand moves are very gentle, not firm as people do nowdays. You do it with full respect.

[quinneilbeck]

Thankyou for this video. I dried out my entire rosemary bush as it was massive and it's now stored and being used on roast dinners.

[Darling_Decay]

Growing a mini indoor tea/medical herb garden soon and this is soo helpful! I’m gonna get a little area set up in my bedroom to keep all my dried stored herbs and a area for drying herbs. Times to purge my bedroom and get it all set up!! So excited that I’m finally getting into this!

[Clara-kgit]

In terms of drying herbs, I have some additional tips from my mum´s and my own experience: My mum often dries her herbs over a cardboard box (or any box for that matter) and just spans a cloth on top, clothes pins work very well for that, or string, depending on what you have on hand. If you have a very fine mesh cloth at home, that works well, or thin cotton (such as tea towels or even bedsheets ;)).
I also dried some rosehips once when I did not have many resources available putting them on a lined baking tray next to the radiator. I just made sure to flip them once or twice a day and when they were dry (after about a week or so) I put them in a cloth bag and hung that up for a couple more days and just shook it once in a while. It is not as foolproof I would say, as it can be easy to forget to move the herbs etc. around but I just want to say, that drying herbs and such is possible with limited resources and that you should not feel prevented from it, because you don´t have the right equipment. Be creative, there are many things you can use (such as rubber bands from vegetables, old delivery boxes, metal racks from your oven etc.) so just give it a try and see what works for you.

On a different note, this was an excellent and really helpful video and I really love this new series where I get to learn more and more about the basics of herbal medicine!! So thank you very much and I hope you all have a lovely day :)

[shadow]

the (closed) brown paper bag in the back window of the car method works pretty well too

[veronikamarcekova]

You are a sweet soul. Thank you for sharing, I will be drying some herbs for teas today!

[HippyNinjaSimmy]

This was perfectly timed, thank you! And it really helps to hear someone that does it so often does still mess up occasionally as well. Because it can be quite disheartening when you are first starting!

[cheryl-lylbaldr]

One thing I so enjoy when autumn approaches is to start drying the herbs in my garden I have been growing since spring I prefer the basket or cooking sheets on top of paper towels or cheese cloth. Thanks for sharing.

[madahikhan]

I tried to dry basil once and it went wrong haha. I'll try your method thank you very much for sharing

[jessicasmith]

Glad your making this as I’ve run into issues when drying some herbs. So I have wondered what you have found to be best. Hugs ✨

[OldManFerdiad]

Thank you. I'm really enjoying your approach to teaching these foundational skills. They really do open up so many opportunities for people to use herbs in their lives.

[Comeonlillyloo]

Very interesting I managed to grow chamomile and mug wort so I been drying some of them in my fairy-room. Blessing 💖🐩🐩💖🐾🧹🧙‍♀️🍄🍁🕊🌈

[theMaidenMother]

Just starting out on my witchcraft journey and definitely feeling drawn to herbalism specifically, so this video was incredibly helpful! Thanks for sharing, love the channel 💛💛

[talon]

I have a single panel gate for a chain link fence that I have suspended out of direct sunlight but still able to hang my herbs to dry thanks to using clothespins

[ruthieshields]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience. Bright blessings to you and yours. 🥰

[cherieheyn]

Thank you Annie. Loved this one. And I love the way Hazel was looking at you when you were cooking. I am learning more every day and my herbs are growing inside and out. Sending many blessings your way, and Olivia needs our blessings too.♓🌑🥰