Comments on: How to Dry Herbs: 3 Things You Need to Consider

By: Kami McBride

Kami McBride — Wed, 21 May 2025 11:43:48 +0000

In reply to Yi. I use the oven on pilot light or lowest setting only for things like citrus peel and roots.

By: Yi

Yi — Sun, 18 May 2025 11:42:44 +0000

Always love & appreciate your teachings. I’m in southern Germany where summers are usually warm and relatively dry, but the climate is changing so that last summer was very wet and we’re now in drought conditions where usually we would have been more humid. So, as you said, I need to attend more to the actual conditions. I mostly lay out my herbs to dry, though sometimes I hang them in my pantry when it’s convenient and called for. I have no dehydrator, though I’ve been searching for one for some time now—I’m a bad shopper/consumer.
What do you think about using the convection setting on my oven at 50C for things like drying orange or lemon peel?
Have had some bad experiences in the past with putting herbs in paper bags and forgetting about them. They dried and then rehydrated and then moulded. Very sad.

By: Brandy

Brandy — Sat, 15 Apr 2023 12:59:38 +0000

For some herbs like goldenrod and yarrow, I hang in bundles from kitchen cabinets. For others, I use a dehydrator. For some reason, my mugwort can sit in the dehydrator for days and not get crunchy. I gave up and put them in a jar. They never molded, but are still soft and pliable.

By: Angela

Angela — Sat, 15 Apr 2023 08:28:06 +0000

I live in London UK and have found the best way is to hang my herbs to dry, this way they do not become mouldy. Alas, I am not always successful but I keep trying to see which works for me. Your blogs and videos are always inspirational to me

By: Kami McBride

Kami McBride — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 23:58:50 +0000

In reply to Nicole. I don't know if that would be a fire hazard or not. If you can hang your herbs in a dry environment safely, then that works.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 02:42:48 +0000

Thanks for this great video, I am so grateful for all your lessons Kami. I live coastal with a hot and humid climate in summer and wet/damp climate in winter. I have only just started drying my own herbs when we moved to a new house with a hot water cupboard. I figured drying the herbs in there is the safest spot all year round. Any tips, ideas, things to consider when drying in a hot water cupboard?

By: Shelagh Drew

Shelagh Drew — Mon, 16 Jan 2023 17:44:58 +0000

Good Morning Kami, I have bee growing, drying and foraging herbs for many years. I used to use paper bags but did not like the end result. Then I tried a small electric dehydrator and that was ok for some herbs but cooked others like sweet basil to ash almost. So eventually I was living in a semi dessert area and decided to build my own dryer.
It ended up 2’x2’x4′ covered with dark green cloth. That was about 18 years ago. I still use it even though we have moved to a totally different climate I can dry any herb or even some things like fruit peels and mushrooms in that dryer. That’s my story but I learned many things from that experience. Thank for all you do to educate us on how to live a cleaner life.

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 16 Jan 2023 04:59:35 +0000

I have dried herbs for years. When I was living in Montana I would dry them in the house or in the second floor of the garage.

By: Hailey Hudson

Hailey Hudson — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 18:01:58 +0000

I live in Louisiana and it is so humid here it is like a sauna. I had tried hanging my herbs to dry for several years but was always disappointed by the results. so this year i just decided to do it in a dehydrator. But i will do some hanging to dry in my house as an experiment.

By: Claire Berhow

Claire Berhow — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 06:59:30 +0000

Thank you for this clear and foundational video! It is so true that paying attention to each factor and recognizing each herb is the way to obtain desired results!

By: Donna

Donna — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 17:38:48 +0000

I have been drying my herbs both hanging and laying on my cookie rack since I no longer have my dehydrator. Sad story there, while I was at work one day my husband decided to de-pack rat me, thinking I would no longer be needing it or the ice cream maker and took it to the Goodwill store near us. Needless to say, he is no longer aloud in my craft room. They turn out pretty well. But depending on the weather (I live in North Idaho) it may take a couple days to dry out completely.

By: Neilia

Neilia — Sat, 16 Jul 2022 21:04:05 +0000

Thank you !! It’s fun to learn more ideas for doing something. Good job.!!