365 Ways to Go Green

Any dried herb would be keeping the most of it's strength [essential oils] if grinned between palms just before the use, while left in one peace while stored. Drying herbs using natural airflow, w/o heat prevents essential oils to evaporate. Herbs need to be set apart on a large cloth [greenest], or a paper napkin or a plate [I use wooden plates with or w/o a napkin, depending on what I dry] or hanged in a bunch in a well ventilated, dry place, away from direct sunlight [http://www.bestdryingrack.com/...].
Well, most of our homes are such [overheated during the summer, well heated & dry during the winter season thx. to air conditioning /heating systems]. If the electricity is already spent for heating /air conditioning it needs not to be spent for drying herbs in a dryer - using a dryer [with plastic shelves! to add /not stainless steel] for that matter seems as "green washing" the whole thing.

I see U deleted my previous response... I hope you learned something from it, before you deleted it.

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