Throughout the summer, a snipping of chives or a handful of basil can lend fresh flavor to dishes and take a recipe from ordinary to extraordinary. When that first chill is in the air, however, it’s ...

I love the flavor that fresh herbs give to my cooking — but they usually go bad before I finish using them all, and I hate to waste food. That's why I started freezing them. I can buy or harvest as ...

Here’s how to save your harvest before the cold kills your herbs. Then you'll have homegrown herbs to use in soups, stews, ...

If you intend to dry them, harvest herbs with stems long enough to easily tie them together. Next, rinse with water and blot dry. Make small bundles of about three to five stems held together with ...

Learn how to dry or freeze you basil harvest. Herbs are a beautiful and tasty addition to any garden. They do well in poor soil, and they can also attract pollinators. Frequent herb harvesting is ...

Many herbs can stand lower temperatures, but they should be clipped throughout the summer — to keep them growing abundantly and to prevent bolting. Drying herbs is a common way to preserve them, said ...

Question: I’d like to do some things with my garden herbs this year, like make some gifts, etc., for the holiday. Can you give us some ideas of what to make? Answer: First, drying herbs is easy. You ...

Stacy Tornio has authored more than 15 books about animals, nature, and gardening. She is a master gardener and master naturalist. Drying your own herbs is a quick and easy skill that, once learned, ...

Herbs such as lavender, parsley and sage do better in cooler weather. They should be harvested now and dried. Herbs that thrive in summer's heat, such as basil, should be planted now. (AP/Matthew Mead ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Before it freezes outside, put some herbs in your freezer. While lots of herbs won't survive winter outdoors, many herbs freeze very well inside. Just pick your herbs, rinse if ...

Freezing herbs such as basil can provide fresh flavor for months. When talking with a friend recently about what to plant in our herb garden, she said, "Everyone I know who plants basil has more than ...