Drying Bits and Pieces
Since I started drying things naturally at the weekend things have moved on at a bit of a pace. The rose petals are drying nicely, but they will take a little longer to dry out. The apples are nearly completely dry and I will prepare another batch this weekend. I have since dried a couple of sprays of elderflowers - don't forget to dry some elderflowers for use in the winter months as well as making lots of other goodies with the elderflowers. You can also freeze the flower heads yet again for use in the winter. When at my mother's earlier in the week I appropriated some more mint cuttings. There were quite a few leaves that I stripped off the stems in order to root them, so instead of discarding them I have put those also to dry - I don't usually dry the mint, but I am sure I will find a use for it somewhere even if it is only mixed in with other herbs and spices and little scented mug warmers and teapot pads so that they can release their aroma when a hot pot of tea is pl...