I know I am lucky to live in London and have a garden. We have really made the most of it this year, we are growing everything from herbs, to chillis, to tomatoes, and then artichokes and asparagus, among many others. Before I lived in this house I was in a flat, but we did still grow herbs in window boxes. Having fresh herbs is not just useful, it makes your food tastier and it is also a hell of a lot cheaper than buying them. In the supermarkets you pay approx 70p for a tiny amount of fresh herbs.
Currently all the herbs in the garden have gone mental! So I picked loads today and prepared them for drying. Apparently drying your own herbs is so easy, and growing at home makes it very easy to be organic also. All you need to do is...
Tie up the ends of the stalks of your bunch of herbs with string, then pop them into a brown paper bag, gather up the top of the bag around the tied stalks and tie this up also. Put a few small holes in the bag and then hang upside down in a dark place. It takes about 3 weeks for them to dry, but then you can store in jars - easy as that!
So this is what I have done - I will let you know how it goes.... fingers crossed :)
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