Freeze those Herbs ~~ Go on You can do it!!

My herb beds are abundant with fresh herbs: thyme, 3 different kinds, basil and lots and lots of mint. It is a veritable smorgasbord of herbs ~~ YUMMIE!! So with all these herbs you must know how to preserve right? So thought I'd give you an easy solution for freezing your fresh hard herbs, like thyme and rosemary.

First cut them out of your gardens. Be sure to cut in the morning (preferably) or the evening when it is the coolest. (Cutting in the heat of the day really taxes your plants. Poor Plants :( so cut early or late)!!

Then bring them in and wash in a salad spinner. If you have 3 different kinds of Thyme like me, be sure and wash each kind individually as their flavors will mix if you store together. After you wash and dry, then lay on paper toweling to finish drying. They must be completely dry before freezing.

Aren't they pretty? :0)
Look at this mint!! Mint is invasive, so if you plant it, be sure and plant in an area that it can't take over, like a barrel. Unless you want mint coming out of every nook and cranny of your garden beds; because it will, it so will!! It is just that bold!!!! :0)
Look at these bad boys drying out on the 'ole paper toweling!!!
After they are completely dry then store them in marked ziplock freezer bags in the freezer for at least a week. At the end of the week, take a rolling pin and roll over the top of the bags and the leaves of the stems will fall off in the bag. Discard the stems and store the herbs in marked Mason jars in the freezer. They are delicious and how great to have this for your winter soups and stews!!

So what about you? Do you have a great tip to storing the summer abundance of herbs? If so I'd love to hear it. Leave me a comment or drop me an e-mail. I just love learning new stuff!!

Remember this post was all about hard herbs. Soft herbs is a whole different ball game, well kind of. Kind of like baseball to softball ~~ kind of alike, but oh so different :0)

So stay tuned for that . . . . . . . .