Keep the flavor of your garden alive all year long. Pick and Dry herbs for winter meals and holiday gift.
Collect large amount of basil, rosemary, marjoram and sage just prior to flowering. Cut the plants back about halfway in the morning after the dew has just dried off the leaves. Rinse, but do not soak, the clippings then remove any damaged or dried leaves.
Gather the herbs into small bundles and secure with a rubber band. As the stems shrink so does the rubber band. Use a spring type clothespin to hand the bundles from a clothes line or hanger.
Store the bundled herbs to a warm, dry, airy place- out of direct sunlight for drying. Some gardeners cover the drying herbs with a paper bag to keep them clean.
Fully dried herbs will be brittle. Store dried herbs in an airtight container to later use.
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