Herb Question

Rgardener1

Hi all I was just wondering if it is possible to easily dry herbs in an average home? And if so how?

Sophie17

Hi Ryan I dry Rosemary and thyme and oregano a lot. I tie them in little bundles and hang in a sunny window. Don't know if that's the right way but it works for me and I have plenty of dried herbs and no waste

Rgardener1

I'm currently trying to dry maronjam and I will move them to a sunny windowsill

Rgardener1

The leaves are currently enclosed in a pot but should I just Lay them on some paper

Sophie17

I would lay them out on a paper towel if it was me. Meant to say to avoid kitchen Windows, I find the steam from cooking doesn't do you any favours

Rgardener1

Oh ok then Sophie thanks but where should they be placed then? On a different windowsill or somewhere else entirely?

Sophie17

Any sunny window that's not in the kitchen will do the job.good luck, I hope you get tasty herbs

Zoomer44

I tend to freeze herbs in cubes but dry corriander seeds and chillies in the kitchen.

Both quite easy. After cutting the corrander plant (it needs to flower and set seed), I hang it in the shed until the leaves die then take leaves off and in order to make sure seeds are really dry, hang clumps tied together in the kitchen. I have a large kitchen though.

Chillies are dried similarly except they are hung up to dry in the GH first before being brought into the kitchen. 

Once dry I put corriander seeds in a glass container and store in a cupboard. Chillies are quite happy threaded through cotton and hung from a rail in the kitchen. I've had chillies stayed good for a couple of yrs. Visitors are often surprised to discover they are real chillies!