Using home grown herbs

by **ericaj1** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 8:14 pm

i planted myself a little herb garden last autumn but up to now haven't actually cut any off for cooking use. My question is do I just cut them off and use the fresh leaves or do I have to dry them before use?

by **Annette** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 8:15 pm

No you can use the fresh leaves straight from the plant

by **Mareth** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:17 am

You can use them fresh, we do with ours all the time. But be aware that you often need A LOT less with fresh than dried. Especially with things like marjoram (oregano) as it's VERY strong!

Fresh is sooooooo much better than dried. Also, if it gets to the end of the season and you think they might all shrivel up and die, harvest it all (apart from what the plant needs to live) and freeze it, it's still much better than dried.