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How to Dry Bay Leaves

By Annie

Fresh bay leaves ready to be dried.

Here's how to dry bay leaves so you can use them all year round in your favourite recipes. Bay leaves are one of the most common herbs to be used in cooking. They add a delicious subtle flavor when added to soups, stews and even pasta dishes. The flavour and aroma of bay leaves pairs perfectly with herbs such as oregano and thyme. Did you know you can easily dry your own bay leaves at home? … [Read more...]

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How to Dry Chives

By Annie

How to dry chives by hanging

Once you learn how to dry chives, you'll find it easy to always keep some on hand for cooking! When you properly dry chives for long-term storage you’ll find that you'll have lots of dried chives to use in cooking all year long. There are several ways to dry chives, and I'll share these different methods of drying herbs below. This will hopefully help you to include chives in recipes and meals … [Read more...]

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How to Dry Herbs

By Annie

How to Dry Herbs Without a Dehydrator #herbs #cooking #gardening

Discover how to dry herbs the right way, even if you don't have a dehydrator.  We use a lot of herbs in cooking and so we always have some growing in the gardens. We grow Oregano, Lovage, Parsley and Chives which are all perennial herbs. Today I want to show you how to dry herbs. Plant these perennial herbs once and they should come back each year with new growth. Our … [Read more...]

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How to Preserve Fresh Basil

By Annie

Here's how to preserve Basil so it tastes fresh all year! Basil is a quick growing herb and should be ready to harvest some leaves within two months. Perfect for any tomato dish or whipped into a pesto! Here is some Basil that I seeded just a few weeks ago and it is already in need of trimming. Since I want the Basil plants to be full and bushy, I needed to pinch off some of the leaves and … [Read more...]

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Growing Lovage – A Perennial Herb

By Annie

Lovage plant growing in garden

Here's how to grow Lovage, a delicious perennial herb that adds a celery flavor to your meals. What is Lovage? Have you ever heard of Lovage? What IS it? This hardy perennial is not a common plant and many people have never heard of it. Lovage is a wonderful plant that gets quite large and is suitable to be planted in hardiness zones 3-9. Generally, it prefers any zone with a cool … [Read more...]

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Prepper’s Dehydrator Handbook – Book Review

By Annie

I've just finished reading the Prepper's Dehydrator Handbook, written by Shelle Wells. I was hoping to pick up some tips AND find some great recipes and mixes. And I DID. If you need a book geared towards dehydrating for beginners, this book works! And if you have experience drying foods but want some great recipes, this book works for that too.   Dehydrating for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Drying Herbs, Emergency Preparedness, Great Books

Drying Lovage and other Herbs

By Annie

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We have perennial herbs growing in the garden, so every year we get to enjoy harvests. We use them fresh in cooking, but we also dry the herbs to use in the winter. Here's my method for drying herbs for use all year long.   Drying Herbs:       This is lovage. It tastes a lot like celery but it's stronger. It's great to use in soups or stews. You can see it … [Read more...]

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Growing and Using Stevia

By Annie

Growing a stevia plant to use for sugar

Stevia is an easy herb to grow even as a houseplant. Plant some this year and grow stevia to use in place of sugar. Last Spring, I came across some Stevia (Stevia rebaudiana) plants while picking up some bedding plants. I remember just a few years ago, even stevia seeds were hard to find and they were very expensive. Finding growing Stevia plants was impossible, at least here in south central … [Read more...]

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How to Harvest and Dry Parsley

By Annie

Once you learn how to dry Parsley, it will be easy to store jars of dried herbs for using later. Herbs are so easy to grow and they are super easy to preserve over the Winter. Many people grow herbs in pots inside their homes, or you can dedicate part of your flower garden to grow herbs outside. We grow Rosemary in a pot, because our winters are far too cold for it to survive outdoors. … [Read more...]

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