Gees! You guys are lucky, I only have dryed herbs! 

[jordyn]

Gees! You guys are lucky, I only have dryed herbs! 

dry herbs are a lot less hassle. 

Easyer to store and quicker to create teas and powders!

[jordyn]

Easyer to store and quicker to create teas and powders!

it was easier to buy sage, rather than waiting for it to grow, harvest it and then wait for it to dry.

Indeed! (So it's "easier" instead of "easyer"? Oops! C'est à cause de mon français!)

[jordyn]

Indeed! (So it's "easier" instead of "easyer"? Oops! C'est à cause de mon français!)

lady marmalade what?

"C'est à cause de mon français" = "It's because of my french".

Another easy way to store herbs is to freeze them.  I just read of this myself:

Chop the fresh herbs and put about two tablespoons in each section of an ice cube tray.  Fill the tray with water and freeze.  Pop out your herb ice cubes and freeze them in freezer bags.  

It would be like adding fresh herbs to a dish - just drop in the frozen cube in the winter.

~Morticia

Great idea! I have only read about keeping 'em fresh in the refrigerator, but freezing 'em...that I did not know.

[jordyn]

that's a good idea!

 i had a friend move and give me several dozen mini m&m tubes of herbs...i can hear my husband now inquirng why all the ice cubes have green stuff in them.  

[Necropolis]

You can also do that with fruit and certian herbs for teas and cordials, its considered fancy. It looks cool enoguh, for holloween it fake bugs and things I hear (don't do hallpween over here, not yet anyway)

[jordyn]

i like halloween, i can loosen my skirts and dust off the broom. 

I prefer to use fresh herbs.  I think they're easier.  My herb bed is right outside the kitchen door.  In the winter, when I'm fixing a turkey and want sage, I just step out back and cut off a piece.  It doesn't die back too terribly much until January, so it's still usable for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Also:

I have a juicer and just juiced a pineapple, some strawberries and the last of my apples. 

We're leaving for three days tomorrow and I didn't want the fruit to go bad.

I'm going to freeze it in ice cube trays.  It's really good to drop a couple in a glass of cold tea.

~Morticia

You can also do that with fruit and certian herbs for teas and cordials, its considered fancy. It looks cool enoguh, for holloween it fake bugs and things I hear (don't do hallpween over here, not yet anyway)

No halloween in N-Z?  I can't go live there if there is no Halloween? On what occasion will I be able to scare people? 

[jordyn]

I prefer to use fresh herbs.  I think they're easier.  My herb bed is right outside the kitchen door.  In the winter, when I'm fixing a turkey and want sage, I just step out back and cut off a piece.  It doesn't die back too terribly much until January, so it's still usable for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Also:

I have a juicer and just juiced a pineapple, some strawberries and the last of my apples. 

We're leaving for three days tomorrow and I didn't want the fruit to go bad.

I'm going to freeze it in ice cube trays.  It's really good to drop a couple in a glass of cold tea.

~Morticia

*makes not to have tea with morticia*

i've got an ice shredder...i make slushies, all the time...my favorite are with a flavored coffee and hint of milk.