You wanted a few useful herbs. Now the basil is taking over, the mint is acting wild, and the parsley suddenly has bigger plans than you do. Good. Let’s not waste the fun part.
Fast, easy ideas before they wilt and guilt you.
Dry them, freeze them, or stash them in useful ways.
Neighbors, cooks, tea drinkers, and other lucky people.
If you want a little extra value from the overflow.
This is where the page starts helping immediately. The point is not to become a recipe website. The point is to stop the herbs from getting floppy while they are still useful and easy to enjoy.
This is the preservation section. Drying, freezing, hanging bunches, and making the most of herbs that came in faster than you can use them fresh.
This is where the page gets warm and a little more human. Extra herbs are one of the easiest ways to make a backyard feel generous.
This should stay smaller and more optional. The tone is not build a business empire. It is more like, if you enjoy this, here are the easiest ways to turn a little overflow into a little value.
Pesto, gift bunches, fast use, maybe freeze some, and do not wait too long.
Dry it, tea it, gift it, divide it, and keep it in bounds.
Use it heavily, chop and freeze some, and hand bunches to cooks.
Dry it. This is one of the easiest wins on the whole page.
Dry little bundles, use it steadily, and keep clipping it before it gets rough.
Snip and freeze, use constantly, or share with someone who cooks.
Use or preserve basil first, dry oregano and thyme, cut and share mint, freeze chives and parsley, then decide if anything is worth bundling or selling.