How To: Hang Dry Herbs

How to Hang Dry Herbs

Step 1 Harvest your herbs

• Harvest your herbs before they flower (unless you are harvesting chamomile or any other herb flower)
• The best time is in the morning after the dew has evaporated

• Bunch your herbs by wrapping a rubber band tightly around the base of a handful of herbs

Step 2 Rinse   

• Dip herbs into a bucket of clean water
• Gently shake off excess water 

Step 3 Label and Hang

• Label your herbs with a clothes pin
• Use the clothes pin to hang bunched herbs upside down in a dry clean place out of direct sunlight

Step 4 Store in Airtight Container

• Once the herbs are dry (2 to 4 weeks), remove leaves from woody stems
• Crush and sift or store leaves whole
• Place in an airtight container and store out of direct light