Drying Homegrown Herbs in a New Way!
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- Опубликовано: 1 июн 2021
- Today is the first big harvest of a couple of our homestead herbs! We are so excited that we can begin using our freeze dryer from Harvest Right to preserve our herbs. Freeze drying herbs gets out nearly all of the moisture and keeps them fresh for much longer. Today we are harvesting and freeze drying spearmint and stinging nettles.
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I was born in Germany and food was scarce after the big war and we all pitched in to make a go of it . It was hard! Many men did not come back and thousands of women, children and old folks fled invading armies from the east (this is Europe I am talking about, so use your imagination who that was) and we learned to survive or die. I was the little one and my task was 'gathering" starting in spring. I brought home bags of "burning nettles" and it does taste like spinach once cooked, plus I gathered young dandelion leaves for salad. Good as long as the leaves are fresh or it will taste very bitter. Clover blossoms. also a wild plant, makes delicious tea fresh and dried and dandelion blossoms are also eatable in salads. As soon as linden trees started blooming I gathered the little "helicopters" Linden blossom tea is a precious find and delicate especially freshly dried. It has too many medicinal properties to mention. It will make it one of your favorites on a cold winter night. We also gathered wild camomile ; it is for upset stomachs and other ailments. Camomile soothes busy minds and makes eyes heavy. There really are no "old fashioned" ways. What goes around comes around; we are still the same human race living on the same planet with the same sun shining down on us! We have to deal with what comes our ways and sometimes it shows us who is boss....Nature is boss as directed by the Almighty! The more we learn about it, the more we realize it was designed to sustain us. Stay well, go outdoors and find all the treasures waiting for you. ------I just love your videos and thank you from the bottom of my heart.
You should have a RUclips channel and share all this wonderfully enriching information!
Love this comment! This is how it is to live on the land. Be blessed by the Almighty.
Big hearts are protected by the shielding of a wise soul! Your heart, sweet one, is secure! Much love and God bless.
I was born in Germany ;) gathering all the wild plants was normal even after things had settled. We kids were always sent out in spring to gather "Feldsalat", literally in the bare fields before anything was grown, only other thing that came up were "Gaensebluemchen" and we kids sometimes could not tell them apart. My parents were pretty good on wild edibles, but they did not eat the english daisy leaves, probably the taste was not as nice as from the mache? Stinging nettles were prized - used on occasion, wonder why? I now grow them again, to eat/drink or just to add to my fertilizer tea; but they tend to sting me through the dishtowel, how as a kid did you gather them???
Anyone out there are there good books online to buy to on how to forage for food?
For those that don't want one more gadget in ur kitchen drawer, use a colandar n slip each branch through the holes n pull through. Voila
Fantastic idea! Never thought of that. Thanks so much for sharing.
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Super!!! Thanks so Much!!🤗
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oh my goodness thank you!
Years ago I had a dog, Spike(17 years) . After he would do his “business “ he would then have to walk thru the patch of spearmint at the edge of the yard. Apparently he liked to feel “fresh” afterwards! Lol!
My dog Bubba loved to rub on the rosemary afterwards...lol
Mint keeps away fleas, ticks, and mosquitos so he was probably putting on his insect armor for the day. @Judith Tomasko. This was before all those flea and tick chemical products that toxify our dogs! Smart pooch that Spike 🐾
Used to grow a lot of herbs, even when had a busy job, had them all in nice smart, alphabetical rows, people used ask how I found the time!?
I'd say between the sage and wintergreen.
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good one. lol
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*facepalms* lol, good one !
I would love to see a CLOSEUP of each herb as you're showing them to us. 💙
I like the idea of keeping herbs in containers that way they don't get away from you or take over.
I agree, great idea.
My husband and I have learned so much from the two of you. Your successes and failures. You are both wonderful teachers and instructors. Personally..Thank you and blessings.
I love herbs! Sage leaves become 'chips' when toasted in a small amount of oil. Season with a pinch of salt. Then the oil is seasoned ready for beans. Rustic Mediterranean recipes!
Are you talking about "garden sage" not something like salvia?
@@casid9929 - yes, garden SAGE. Wonderful! My husband’s aunt spent a month learning from a chef in south of France and this was a method used there. Oh, for the lost years I could have known this! Yum!! 😉
@@FoundThingsandFamilyLegacies It does sound good
Oh! I’m going to have to try this! I have a HUGE sage plant. I always dry some for stuffing and thanksgiving dinner but it’s not my favorite so I never know what to do with it. I’ve bundled some for backyard fires as well. Such a great tip! Thanks!
Sage pairs perfectly with pork. I cook pork in cider with apples and sage its delicious 😋
Another great way to take the leaves off of your herb stems is to use a colander. Just pull it down through one of the holes and all the leaves stay behind inside of the colander bowl.
You might try some lemon thyme. I love cooking with it, as it gives a hint of lemon with the thyme. Great on chicken. Lemon basil does the same. My lemon balm went nuts, even after our Texas deep freeze. Looking for the lime balm to go with it. And I was shocked to see my stevia survived the freeze.
Super yummy with fish as well
Dried stems are great to add to your drawers as insect repellent. That's for the mints, sage, lavender, rosemary, thyme. Plus the chickens and rabbits love these little nutritious snacks. Herbs are filled with minerals and vitamins.
My Mom would bundle and air dry. I 'thought' I was high tech when I built my latest solar dehydrator but you make me feel like a dinosaur. Time to rethink this. God Bless...~Eli.
You say dinosaur like it's a bad thing. I'm one, too. Yay for old people!
Thank you very much for showing how to process the stinging nettle!! All of my life it has been nothing but a hated weed. Now I have an idea of how it can be processed, stored and used. I had no idea of anything except how much pain it could inflict. This is much nicer. Thanks again! ~Sharon
All your plans are beautiful, I like the buckets you use
I love sage so much I make a tea with a touch of pink salt in the winter. I am not successful at hanging my herbs to dry until early fall due to the humidity in Missouri. i don't have a freeze dryer however I do use my dehydrator alot for this. I am going to continue to experiment with hanging my herbs to dry especially when I get my outdoor kitchen. I love love love having my own herbs growing. Years ago i planted chocolate mint here at the farm and it truly has taken over that corner of the field. It smells so good when we brush hog over there.
Enjoyed the video. We feel like we know you, through your videos. So fleshing out the back story is fun.
I look forward to your videos as a breath of fresh air, and smile watching you on your Homestead. It's how I was raised, and I'm happy to see it continuing in your generation. My children chose city life and different lifestyles. Glad there are still some who value the Homestead life.❤
Thank you for showing us how to harvest herbs. I did want to let you know Sarah that Harvest Right is not supplying the pad that goes in before you freeze dry. They mentioned that the dryer was not getting the ideal seal with that inside. So when we got our freeze dryer about 3 weeks ago it did not come with the insulator pad. Thank you again for showing us your herbs and harvesting them. God bless! 💜
One of my favorite things to do with sage is to add it to my buttermilk biscuits. Mmmmmmm yummy!
Thank you for this information. This is what I want to start doing on my balcony!
I will be making my first homemade tea this year, raspberry leaves tea! I can't wait!
This was a very informative video for me. I always learn something from Kevin and Sarah!
I love growing fresh herbs! My favorite this year is lemon thyme!! The smell and taste..Wow!
I love mint! (As long as it's in containers!) I grow spearmint, orange mint and chocolate mint. Great for teas, ice cream and cooking! I use it fresh.
Find some locally sourced Honey and use it for your seasonal allergies. I was skeptical of this but early this spring I decided to give it a try. I haven't had one allergic episode. Local bees collect pollen, pollen gets into the honey, you get exposed to the allergens, and your body learns they’re safe.
I love the smell of mint. We mowed for a neighbor that had mint growing in the edge of the yard. I loved just mowing over some of the mint that crept out of the edging. It made mowing smell so good.
Mint fields grew nearby as a kid. I have memories of playing outside on those warm summer evenings after the fields were mowed - the fragrance was unforgettable!! Same when they harvested the grapes. Such memories.
I just recently heard about stinging nettle helping with seasonal allergies...and I can tell you I no longer take the script I used to take. Nettle works fast and no side effects. It has been a real blessing to me. I used the freeze dried type. Hope this helps.
My friend had excema from head to toe, even in her ears and eyes, and had tried every prescription...I told her about nettle tea and a week later her skin was like brand new. She made two pots a day with about a cup of dried leaves in each. After that she would drink a cup or two from time to time when she got a bit itchy.
Same here. You just can't drink it every day--your body gets used to it and it becomes less effective. But it works and no sleepiness or other side effects.
Awesome, I remember mom putting a leaf of mint in the ice cube trays and freezing them. She would add two cubes to iced tea when they were frozen and what bit melted sure put the flavor of mint into the tea.......great memories!
Blessings........wonderful video!
Nice herb garden 😊 Sage is one of your best friends when you have a sore throat and feel a cold coming on. I'd grow a lot, even if you don't like using it in the kitchen.
You also should add it to fire cider. 🍀
Hello! What you are using to load the dried herbs into the funnel is usually called a "bench knife" or "bench scraper". A more colorful term for the tool is what Graham Kerr (Galloping Gourmet, Graham Kerr's Kitchen and more TV shows) called a "bash and chop" because he used it to smash and chop garlic and chop herbs (with a cutting board).
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Love all of the herbs Sarah! 😊
Most of my perennial herbs are scattered around the yard in various beds, a few in planters. I tend to grow my annual herbs in my garden window where I can maintain the temps & keep them from bolting.
This time of year, at the peak of flavor, I harvest a bunch of my culinary herbs & grind them up in a food processor with some salt & black pepper & garlic. Dry it on baking sheets in the oven & store in mason jars...home grown, homemade herb seasoning for the rest of the year. 😋
Good call keeping the spearmint in pots. Anything in the mint family will sprawl like crazy...so peppermint, spearmint, oregano, lemon balm are best grown in planters unless you want a huge field of the stuff. Speaking of lemon balm, you should try it if you like herbal tea. It's also one of those "super herbs" with many medicinal & health benefits, and it's got many culinary uses too.
Harvest Right is having a contest right now, y'all should enter for a chance to win a Freeze Dryer
Thank you SOOO MUCH FOR SHARING
Thanks for the info!
Thanks for sharing! Be safe, Be prepared, Be Blessed!
Think it will be wonderful to use
There is so many different foods to freeze dry
Is there a link for the contest???
I love using stinging nettle for a fertilizer, I make it into a green plant tea!
I would like to know more about how to dry herbs without a freeze dryer. No one teaches the old ways, I'm not the freeze dryer type. Thanks God bless Shalom
Yes a great topic to research! I do not have the freeze dryer though it may be easier. I like to seek out more than one way to prep foods. God bless🙏
I love your channel everything you guys do I love you guys do everything with your heart and so much joy God bless you and your family 🙏🌹
As always, I enjoyed it. Thanks guys.
Thanks for sharing with us Sarah, you’re doing a great job keeping your family in great foods with your canning abilities and gardening skills. Really enjoy your channel. Fred. 🙏🏻🙏🏻👍👍👏🏻👏🏻👋👋
You know so much about herbs.😍👍much love.
Great video today! I absolutely love herbs, so this just made my heart happy. I hope you do more videos on herb harvesting, cooking with herbs, and maybe some benefits of herbs. I try to incorporate them into soups, salads, dressings, and for flavoring on meats and vegetables. So yummy!!
My 5 year old grandson loves to smell mint plants! I bought seeds for peppermint and spearmint and I prefer spearmint too Sarah! I never knew it was so hard to start from seed. The seeds are almost microscopic, and they take at least 10 days to germinate. They are so thin stemmed and fragile, while everything else has sprouted and matured. If I had to do it again, I would just buy it! I love your channel❣️
From a Scot, who says "Herbs", hearing "Eurbs" ... I'm laughing, but it's meant kindly. I have learned a lot from this lady. I wish we had their resources - particularly when it comes to storing food long term. You just cannot get a lot of the equipment in Scotland, at anything like a reasonable price, at any rate. I currently have ordinary mint and chocolate mint drying as I watch this. Not nearly as much as this though.
In the UK we use sage as an antiseptic wash as well as a stuffing.
Add it to fire cider as well. 🍀
How do you make the antiseptic wash? Thank you in advance for sharing 😊
Thanks for the information about the herbs. I really do love that freeze dryer. I had strawberries and mango dried in the freezedryer and man did they taste fantastic.
Love herbs and ideas on use and preservation. Have fun Sara!
I'm growing spearmint for the 1st time this year because I love mint tea! I've tried catnip several times but can't keep my kitties out of it long enough for it to grow! This year I've put some in my hanging baskets in the middle with flowers around the outside to try and keep them out of it! I hope it's a success because buying catnip is very expensive!
Hey you just gave me a wonderful idea! My neighbor was so angry yesterday because the two outdoor cats had destroyed some clematis she was trying to grow. I have a seed packet of catnip, so I am going to go sow that over on the other side of her yard in a big bed in hopes that the cats will be more interested in that than what this sweet lady is actually trying to grow.
@@tristaperkins7112 I'm sure they will find it and they won't let it grow very big! That's definetly where their attention will go to!
Great info Sarah, I grow all of my herbs in containers as well. I love controlled gardening.. I don’t have a freeze dryer, so I just lay all my herbs out on paper on my dining room table and let them dry naturally. I have tried using the dehydrator before, but find they all dry with more flavor and color by drying naturally. And I do wash all my herbs before drying.
I don't wash mine and hang to dry though I do have a dehydrator.
I like to use a colander to take my herb leaves off from the stems. The leaves remain in the colander and with so many holes, you can pretty much get your bunch done in no time with no mess or fuss.
Great tip! 👍👍👍
I could smell the spearmint while I was watching you crunch up the leaves! Watching you and so many other homesteaders rave about the Harvest Right and making it look so easy makes me want one!! Unfortunately, I don't have the space nor the money for one right now. One day maybe! Thank you so much for sharing!
You are so adorable and remind me so much of one of my childhood friends...its like tuning into a friendly face
Would like to see future videos on how you use your herbs
OMG! I am ordering that leaf stripper thingy. That is why I love watching you all. You both bring so much good content in a relevant way to help us homesteaders. thank you for being so committed to doing all your videos. My husband and I have learned so much from you. Thank you and many blessing to you and your family.
We have moved more towards container gardening over the past two years, for various reasons. I also noticed some plants growing out of the bottom of some containers. We have mostly switched to grow bags which prevent this occurrence. Much love and thanks for sharing! 👍🏻 👍🏻
Sage is a perfect seasoning for pork. It pairs so well.
Sarah, you are amazing, very knowledgeable, industrious and a delight to watch. Living Traditions Homestead determined the formula for success. Well done. My congrats to you, Kevin and the girls.
I love herbs and have worked with them for years. I live in the NW so things might be a little different here. We harvest Stinging Nettle when young and tender. When it gets tall it becomes too astringent. After I harvest the young tops, I let it re-grow and go to seed. I take the seed and us it in seasonings, salad toppings, and tincture them. Blessings.
Awesome video- thank you for all the information delivered in such a fun and inspiring format. Your channel is one of my favorites. Can you do a video about how you make the special fertilizer for your plants?
Love this episode and learned so much.
Goodmorning sara you are so knowledgeable and thank you god bless your family.
I looked up the freeze dryer here in Canada, and it’s $4149. Cost prohibitive for me, I guess I’ll be hanging mine 😆
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Thank you Sarah for sharing this video.
Never seen this before so it was entertaining and informative, thank you 🙂
Just 💘 love reading all the comments🤗 So many lovely story, we all should have a Channel.
Thank you for the herbs harvest information.
Catnip is a type of mint as well as basil... the way I learned that a mint's stems are square instead of round. Thank you so much for sharing. I really enjoy all that you share and you and your family is so inspirational. Blessings to you all :)
Sarah, thank you for setting the example of being so grateful for everything! You are so sweet as well as so smart!
Great channel! With stinging nettle, it should be harvested well before it flowers; you can cut back in early spring and let it grow out again for another clip before it flowers. A nettle infusion is a great drink for daily use to boost you as it is very nutritious as you said.
Saw that stripper and had to order one! Life will be so much easier this harvesting season, thank you!
Very interesting video. Your herbs look fantastic. My cats would love that fresh catnip. The freeze dried herbs sound so nice and crisp. Not like the ones you get from the store. Thanks for sharing with us again. Your videos are always so much fun to watch.
While I love dried chamomile tea using the fresh blooms for a refreshing tea is an all time favorite now 😍 so different than dried its amazing. Like getting 2 different teas in one plant.
Also all mints make beautiful draping plants in hanging planters. For people who don't want it escaping to the yard.
Happy day ! When I see you guys are on the tube !
Great video! Loved the turkey "talking" in the back ground sounds👍👍💕
Amazed out the colour after freeze drying the look like they came right off the plant.
Can you tell us where you get your buckets? Also, since most of us can not afford a freeze dryer can you show us how you store the herbs before you got the freeze dryer. I use 1/2 gal canning jars if i have enough.
They are mineral buckets for cattle. Many farmers have them.
Looked like regular stock pots to me.
😊 I was very pleased and happy to see you using the blue funnels I sent you. I like to use a separate funnel for each different flavor I'm working with. I have 2 medium freeze dryers and 4 funnels so that works real well for me. Your videos are such an inspiration. I watch or listen to the horrible news all day Then treat myself to your videos in the evening. You helped me get more purpose in my life. Love you guys❤
Sarah try placing an empty tray on top and pressing down to precrush the leaves. The smaller pieces should be easier to get in the bag.
Thank you so much for sharing how to preserve your herbs! I love spearmint and wintergreen! I’m getting a freeze dryer soon!
We liked the herb lesson. Thanks 🤗💞
I’m growing my herbs in my GreenStalk planter. Love it!
That was totally cool to see the whole process - now it doesn't seem so scary or intimidating. Can you show us how to make the tea? Love your videos! Blessings!
Yes, please show us how to make teas, I have the herbs growing but not sure how or what to blend for great tasting teas.
I vote yes please for herb teas videos!👍🏼
@@jaynebuck5163 you have a world of fun and discovery in front of you! Just try different combinations on your own. Don't make my mistake of not writing down your favorites. ♡
A handy use for your sage is to treat stinging nettle injuries! If you have been stung, rub a sage leaf over the site, squeezing the sage. The essential oil works best but the leaves work too
I'm glad I'm not the only one who 'swishes'' and 'boops' their plants!!
Hahahahahahah I love your comment! I do that too!
Sarah and Kevin thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge and experience! Wondering if you have any safe, natural answers for ticks, both for my puppy and myself.
Thank you for sharing this information and for the suggestion of that leaf stripper. I can't wait to get one and it is going to be put to use right away.
You make things so easy for us. Thank you. God bless.
Love when you do videos of how you use and store your harvest.
I haven't heard of a lot of your different herbs. I'm glad you shared. God bless 💖
Well Sara, you've sure given me something to think about. 🙋🤗
Thank you Sarah, just lovely. God Bless you all in Love. ( shared to f/b )
Nettle seeds are The best and have lot of nutritions. Here in Finland they qrow everywhere 😁
How do you pick them with without getting stung by the nettles? Are gloves enough protection?
Not sure why, but that crunching sound of the leaves was so pleasing to me.😊 ASMR?? Thanks for the video.
That’s really cool and looks fun to do!
I learned so much from this video. It is fun to watch all that you do harvesting and preserving your food with your freeze dryer. We have a freeze dryer and love it. Would love to see you freeze dry jalepinos and powder them for your own seasonings. Maybe onions and garlic as well.
☺️🌷I love spearmint too!
I just did this with a couple of huge oregano plants this week with a dehydrator. You're right about the heat from the dehydrator changing the flavor of the herbs. I am waiting on parsley to produce seed as well. Meanwhile the parsley and dill make good homes for the black swallowtail butterflies to lay their eggs. I love growing herbs.
We grew celery for the first time this year. I freeze dried the leaves and made my own celery salt! It has SO much more flavor than store bought.
That was a lot of fun!
Please do a show of these herbs later in the year.
God-bless you and your channel from Tulsa Oklahoma
Hi, I heard the House of Night book series is filming a show or movie in your area. Any truth to that?
Love starting my day with your videos!
Interesting thing about 'Stinging Nettle' when it irritates the skin roll up a leaf stingers inside and chew it a little then smear on the rash. It will stop the irritation almost immediately.
The sound of turkeys always makes me smile 🙂