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kayb

kayb

2 hours ago, IndyRob said:

I'd be interested in any 'sage advice' myself.  I have a lot of it on my kitchen counter right now.  Along with a couple handfuls of parsley.

 

Take a plastic container that's deeper than your sage sprigs are tall. Put about an inch of cornmeal in the bottom. Hold the sage upside down and gently pour cornmeal to surround and cover it. Cover it with a cloth and rubber-band the cloth on, and set it in the fridge. Check your sage after a couple of weeks.

 

Mama used to do this with flowers, with a mixture of cornmeal and borax. I've tried it with herbs  (obviously without the borax). It works reasonably well.

 

The other option, of course, is to dehydrate on low heat. We haven't had a killing frost yet, so my sage plant is still thriving.

 

kayb

kayb

2 hours ago, IndyRob said:

I'd be interested in any 'sage advice' myself.  I have a lot of it on my kitchen counter right now.  Along with a couple handfuls of parsley.

 

Take a plastic container that's deeper than your sage sprigs are tall. Put about an inch of cornmeal in the bottom. Hold the sage upside down and gently pour cornmeal to surround and cover it. Cover it with a cloth and rubber-band the cloth on, and set it in the fridge. Check your sage after a couple of weeks.

 

Mama used to do this with flowers, with a mixture of cornmeal and borax. I've tried it with herbs. It works reasonably well.

 

The other option, of course, is to dehydrate on low heat. We haven't had a killing frost yet, so my sage plant is still thriving.

 

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