Better Home And Garden

Planting grass and watch them grow is just a hint of kitchen herbs. Unlike other garden plants, useful plants far from the garden in many ways. To harvest and preserve herbs for your use, you must first do some work. Time your good harvest. The essential oils of plants you want to get the most out of the crop to be harvested. The wind and heat the oil to evaporate. Herbs produce less oil on rainy days. Select a dry, windless morning began after the flowering season, St. John is often the best. Harvest after the dew has evaporated but before that date is revealed. Harvesting herbs means that the house is a small quantity of the plant to use, not uproot the whole plant. Do not attempt more than one third of the plant to the total harvest to remove. The size requires a new growth, but the remaining leaves to manufacture food for the plant, in the meantime. Inspect the installation of any damage by insects or disease before the harvest. Herbs from a herb garden at home should not be used immediately. This is good news if you have a great harvest. You want oil to keep the factory while avoiding rot. Save them for later use in one of the following three ways: dried, frozen or in brine of salt or vinegar. Drying herbs is a simple method of preservation. individual leaves can be dried flat on a screen or a rack. You have to turn the leaves often for drying. You can use a device such as a dehydrator or oven, but will not get results as good as the drying air. For herbs to dry on the stalk, stems together in groups of up to a dozen, the stem ends tied defoliated. Hang the bundles upside down in a cool, dry room without windows. Herbs can be frozen to lock their essential oils. Prepare a baking sheet with waxed paper liner. Chop the herbs into pieces about 1 / 4 inch. Place herbs on a baking sheet in single layer and freeze. Once frozen, the herbs are collected in a container and stored in the freezer for later use. Herbs from a herb garden at home can be pickled to preserve their flavor. Pickling is an ancient method of preservation with salt or vinegar. Drop fresh herbs such as basil, tarragon or mint in vinegar to taste keep for several months. Herb leaves can be dried and stored by the sandwich with salt. After the salt has dried, the leaves, remove the spices brown from the salt and store in an airtight container. The use of herbs for a herb garden at home includes the use of freshly picked. To use fresh, gently wash the herbs by floating in a bowl of cold water. If you’ve got a lot of herbs to wash at the same time, use the sink. Add two tablespoons of salt in the bowl to dislodge insects. The salt does not change the taste of grass. Lift the herbs and water in a dry salad spinner. Herbs have been used whenever it generates. Research on the proper way to harvest each plant to obtain specific instructions. Become familiar with the use of plants you grow and how each maintain the best flavor, aroma and color.