I loved reading about your adventures in preparing the oil! Now I’m looking forward to instructions for making that lemon balm cream. How do you stop your harvest from turning brown btw?
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I loved reading about your adventures in preparing the oil! Now I’m looking forward to instructions for making that lemon balm cream. How do you stop your harvest from turning brown btw?
I will have to find some time soon in order to make the cream, previous one is just about to run out so there is no choice, haha!
Well, I couldn't. The damage had been done.
What I should have done is to hang it to dry (I like natural drying) within a few hours after cutting it or even better right away. I thought it would be ok the way I had spread it on a big sheet for the night, but it didn't work! Lemon balm has no patience when it comes to preserving it after being cut :))
Thank you for stopping by @fantagira!
The pleasure is mine! I really enjoyed reading yor article. So if you hang it instead of laying it down, it won't turn brown? I dried some laurel leaves that way and they seem ok - kinda dusty green colour now 😉💙
Yes, exactly!
Unless you lay them on a net (not sure if it is the right word, a screen with many openings) so that they can breath from beneath as well!
Glad you did this with laurel! In a dark room with good ventilation and minimum moisture is the key for naturally drying herbs! It just happens that some are more sensitive than others :)
The color of the laurel sounds perfect!
Good tips! I’ll remember them for the future. Net is a good word for it btw 👍
Here are my laurel leaves. Very similar to store bought, although these are best cause I grew them 😂 I remember I dried a batch in my oven set to very low temp
Wonderful!
Always! Haha!