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Comment by Duppie on July 22, 2011 at 7:38am

@H3: I guess it depends on the herbs you buy. I prefer organic herbs, and they are ridiculously expensive in stores. In addition growing and storing herbs (and food in general) allows me to get better connected to my food.

Growing and storing food is actually a lot of work (site selection, composting, disease management, harvesting, storing. There is a lot to learn) but it gives me a better appreciation for food production.

See also my entry about bringing our chickens to the butcher. It falls in the same realm of getting a better understanding food production.

Comment by Duppie on July 22, 2011 at 7:31am

They may have some kind of disease. Here is s good link to sunflower specific diseases: http://www.sunflowernsa.com/growers/diseases/

 

And H3 is right. Once they start flowering the petals will start shriveling up and falling off.

Comment by Laura on July 22, 2011 at 5:39am

Also most the the pedals are gone from them. I think at this point they may just a loss cause. :( how long do they normally last?

Comment by igz on July 22, 2011 at 5:31am

they are in a bed that was filled with compost and MG garden soil.  i was also told that sunflowers purify the soil they grow in, too.  one row of them were overshadowed by the front row, so we have lettuce back there now and that seems to be ok.

Comment by igz on July 22, 2011 at 4:21am

my sunflowers look downright depressed.  we have been watering them regularly but their heads hang low.  they look like little children that lost their puppy.  any clues what might be happening?  was the heat to much for them?

Comment by Duppie on July 15, 2011 at 9:41am

I've done pretty much all of them: oven, air, dehydrator, freeze loose leaves, freezing ice cubes,

 

I think for drying herbs air drying works best. It generally takes a few weeks, but it less prone to overdying than an oven or a dehydrator. Just cut a bunch of stems, wash 'em, tie a little string around the bottom and hang it upside down somewhere inside (I do it in the kitchen).

Freezing loose leaves is pretty easy too, but the herbs might  turn black. And I don't find black basil leaves appetizing.

Comment by Les Kniskern on July 15, 2011 at 7:52am

Hey Iggi - I always air dry, and put in jars as soon as completely dry.   

 

Does anyone have experience storing herbs in the "seal-a-meal" pouches?

Comment by igz on July 15, 2011 at 7:42am

Dubbie, how do usually dry?  Air or oven?  ive done oven in past with mixed results

Comment by igz on July 15, 2011 at 7:37am

i should have a mojito party with all the mint i have

Comment by Duppie on July 15, 2011 at 7:10am

So far I've dried oregano and thyme that way. Rosemary is up soon.

 

And of course, use the mint for mojitos...

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