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| YellowRose |
Posted - Aug 29 2014 : 3:03:43 PM
6 8oz pkg. port-a-bella mushrooms - yielded 1 quart & 1/2 pint
1 lemon zest
Sara
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| windypines |
Posted - Aug 01 2025 : 04:40:08 AM
Nice Tara!
Heather in my book you do what works best for you! I do think it is interesting to see how others accomplish a project or task. I might learn a better way that way.
Farming in WI
Michele
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| lovecatsandsunshine |
Posted - Jul 30 2025 : 12:02:04 PM
I cut up roma tomatoes thin and now dehydrating 2 trays.
Today's good mood brought to you by a lot of coffee!!!
Farmgirl in SC
Farmgirl #8548
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| YellowRose |
Posted - Jul 28 2025 : 06:36:21 AM
Lisa, I can just see your Annie, Sherman, and forgive me I can't recall the other's name, munching away on the lemongrass. My Annie might do the same thing, but my lemongrass is in a galvanized tub on cinder blocks, well out of her reach.
Sara
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| nubidane |
Posted - Jul 27 2025 : 5:48:14 PM
I would harvest my lemongrass but the Dobermans munch on it when they go outside, and not much is left. I guess that's OK. It must provide something they love and/or need. |
| YellowRose |
Posted - Jul 26 2025 : 08:25:26 AM
Heather before I was given my dehydrator I dried herbs in the oven. When it comes to drying what works best for each of us is what we should keep on doing.
This morning I read up on how to harvest and dry lemongrass. Harvest before first frost. I put it in my Day Planner for Nov so I wouldn't forget. Will have to re-read about how to dry when I harvest because by then I will have forgotten. First time for me to dry lemongrass. I did watch a video on u-tube on drying lemongrass that was interesting.
Sara
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| nndairy |
Posted - Jul 26 2025 : 08:07:00 AM
This may not be the right way - I just kind of jumped right in to dehydrating without researching too much - but, when my basil is doing well, I cut the stems off (it usually regrows 2 stems if you cut it just above a set of leaves) and then after I wash it I put the entire thing on the cookie sheet (I dry mine in the oven on warm with the door cracked open). The leaves dry before the stems so I know it's done when I run my hand over them and they all break off the stem. I put the leaves in a mylar bag in the freezer and toss the stems. Like I said, it may not be the right way, but it works for me and saves me a lot of time.
~Heather
“I would rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.” — George Washington
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| YellowRose |
Posted - Jul 26 2025 : 05:04:55 AM
Michelle, I pinch them off with my thumb nail. I don't have enough strength in my fingers to do a lot of pulling. If it wasn't for the short stem at the base of the leaf, I would strip the whole stem but then I would be left with the short stem to pinch or cut off.
Sara
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| windypines |
Posted - Jul 26 2025 : 04:31:52 AM
Sara, do you pull leaves off your basil or cut stems? I usually pull leaves off, but wondering if there is a better way to do it.
Farming in WI
Michele
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| nndairy |
Posted - Jul 25 2025 : 7:02:50 PM
My basil is not doing well at all. I have a dehydrator full of bananas :)
~Heather
“I would rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.” — George Washington
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| YellowRose |
Posted - Jul 25 2025 : 08:04:16 AM
Got two trays of basil in the dehydrator. Should get one more cutting before frost.
Sara
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| YellowRose |
Posted - Jul 24 2025 : 11:48:25 AM
Thanks Tara.
My one basil plant is doing good too. Years ago an extension agent told my sister that each year some plants did really good for everyone while other plants did not. He did not know why.
Sara
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| lovecatsandsunshine |
Posted - Jul 24 2025 : 11:16:12 AM
Sara, take care of you
I have been over blessed with basil this year. Another 4 trays in the dehydrator.
I do have 2, 1 gallon bags of basil in freezer. I am also drying stevia but in the sun. I dont want the basil scent to mix with the stevia
Today's good mood brought to you by a lot of coffee!!!
Farmgirl in SC
Farmgirl #8548
FGOTM April 2023 |
| YellowRose |
Posted - Jul 23 2025 : 05:48:39 AM
MS fatigue dropped on me like a ton of bricks so I washed the lemon thyme and dried it like I normally do on the stems.
Today I am drying rosemary for the winter. I prefer fresh rosemary but, in the winter, I can't always be on the back deck.
Sara
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| YellowRose |
Posted - Jul 21 2025 : 06:12:49 AM
Michelle, it's what I have read in all my herb books and drying books. No explanation given on why. Taking the large leaves off before drying makes sense to me so they will dry easier. Yesterday I took the sweet marjoram leaves off while sitting in my rocker watching TV. It was tedious but I got it done. Today I am drying lemon thyme. Will take the leaves off after washing to see what happens in the dryer. Will let you know how it goes.
Sara
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| windypines |
Posted - Jul 21 2025 : 03:55:59 AM
Either way you dry those herbs, getting leaves off the stems takes time. Sara is there a reason why you want to dry small leaves on and large off?
Farming in WI
Michele
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| YellowRose |
Posted - Jul 20 2025 : 08:31:28 AM
Drying sweet marjoram this morning. Second cutting and the last. Hopefully if we have a mild winter, it will winter over on the back deck.
A reminder: to dry small leaf herbs leave on the stem --- large leaf herbs are dried off the stem.
Sara
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| windypines |
Posted - Jul 16 2025 : 03:34:08 AM
Sara, whether you buy it or grow it, it will be great to have in your pantry.
Farming in WI
Michele
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| YellowRose |
Posted - Jul 15 2025 : 2:56:10 PM
Dried parsley from Aldi today. As I have said before I have given up on growing parsley from either plant or seed.
Sara
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| windypines |
Posted - Jul 13 2025 : 03:44:52 AM
I picked and dried some basil the other day, from my ma's garden. Guess it is worth its weight in gold, haha. My basil seed did not come up. I had issues with the seeds I started inside. They came up and then just sat there, hardly growing. I blame the potting soil, which was for veggies. Once I put them in the garden they took off.
Farming in WI
Michele
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| nndairy |
Posted - Jul 12 2025 : 12:45:21 PM
$18!?! That's crazy! Makes me wish my basil would have taken off so I can sell some LOL!
Sara - I didn't even have luck direct sowing outdoors this year. It was so cool this spring then it just got crazy hot. My marigolds and zinnias didn't even grow. I've never had trouble with them before.
~Heather
“I would rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.” — George Washington
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| lovecatsandsunshine |
Posted - Jul 07 2025 : 04:48:01 AM
Sara, I need to clip a few leaves from stevia. 1 pound of basil picked from garden( this was over 3 weeks). Half went into freezer, rest dried and into jar.
A pound of fresh basil from farmer's co-op would cost $18(inset shocked look), glad I can grow this herb.
Today's good mood brought to you by a lot of coffee!!!
Farmgirl in SC
Farmgirl #8548
FGOTM April 2023 |
| YellowRose |
Posted - Jun 24 2025 : 2:19:43 PM
Heather, about the only thing I can grow from seed successfully is zinnias and that's because I sow them outdoors. I don't have sunny windows to grow seeds inside.
I'm waiting for my lemon thyme to start to bloom so I can harvest and dry it. I find that I like the lemon thyme better than the regular kind.
Sara
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| nndairy |
Posted - Jun 24 2025 : 1:37:43 PM
I'm not having much luck with anything from seed this year, except for some sunflowers. Makes me feel like I've wasted seeds! Anyway, I have some bananas in the dehydrator and spearmint in the oven. Kind of an odd smell combination in the house :)
~Heather
“I would rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.” — George Washington
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| windypines |
Posted - Jun 20 2025 : 04:14:08 AM
My chamomile reseeds itself. So that is nice. Good luck with yours Heather. I do have a few things that I planted that are struggling to come up. Basil and Parsley to name two.
Farming in WI
Michele
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| nndairy |
Posted - Jun 19 2025 : 08:02:49 AM
I'm keeping my fingers crossed for some chamomile. I planted some seeds and they've had a heck of a time getting started.
~Heather
“I would rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.” — George Washington
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