I’ve started picking herbs from my plants and drying them.
Right now I have sage drying, and the house smells like Thanksgiving. Tomorrow it will be some rosemary, and the day after oregano.
The basil will be a bit longer because I got it started late, and I’m going to use all the chives fresh. The chocolate mint plant is for sun tea. I include a few fresh leaves in the jug when I set it outside with the tea.
At work we have dill in the cafe’s herb garden, and our basil is further along. I’ve made dill bread, and garden basil bread. The latter has sundried tomatoes, onion, garlic and the basil.
I’m into herbs, though I’m really bad at remembering to dry them (admittedly, in the UK, it’s rare we get enough reliable sun to sun dry anything, and I don’t really have anywhere indoors I can do it).
I’m especially keen on mint, and have a silly number of varieties- common mint, chocolate mint, apple mint, lemon mint, lime mint, basil mint, strawberry mint… I’ve no idea what some of them are even useful for, but they smell great
I want to be into herbs, but I’m lazy. I currently have thyme, rosemary, and two kinds of basil growing. But I haven’t cooked anything for a while, so I haven’t been using it.
I have a nice book about herbs - when to use them in various dishes, and other (medicinal-ish) uses. Which ones make good “tea”. etc.
I have a few herbs…my parsley has gone completely ballistic, great for giving away though.
Also have coriander (cilantro), thyme, lemongrass, and common mint. As soon as the weather warms up a little, there’ll be dill, basil and Vietnamese mint as well.
House up the road has a massive rosemary bush which I ‘prune’ a little each time I walk by!
I currently have thyme, rosemary, and two kinds of basil growing. But I haven’t cooked anything for a while, so I haven’t been using it.