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A tea plate
A pair of scissors
What you do
template.
3. Cut 30cm of embroidery silk or similar.
Thread a round-headed needle with a large
eye. Use a running stitch. Sew the thread
approximately 2 cm from the edge of the net
circle. As you sew, ease the thread carefully.
Take care not to pull too hard. It may tear the
net!
Uses
Bouquet Garni
Use either fresh or dried herbs.
Bouquet garni
Fines Herbes
This is a mixture of equal quantities of chopped
fresh parsley, chervil, chives and tarragon.
If you don't have all the above herbs, just use some.
Herb Butter
Chop herbs such as sage, parsley, thyme and mint.
Herb Vinegar
Sage butter
Herb Tea
Mint tea
Drying lavender
1. Pick the Lavender heads when they are
closed and the top florets have just burst.
This gives you the strongest perfume because
it contains the highest concentration of oils.
2. Spread the complete flower head on a tray to
dry either in an airing cupboard or under the
bed. Turn the flowers often to make sure that
all parts of properly dry.
3. You can use either the complete flower
heads, or strip the separate flower heads from
the stems.
Drying roots
Roots of some herbs can also be dried.
1. Liquorice, horseradish and marshmallow,
need to have their skin peeled first.
But
leave the skin on the root of others such as
angelica and dandelion.
2. Cut the roots into 1cm slices and dry in the
same way as the flowers. It takes roots
longer to dry (often several weeks).
Or
To dry them more quickly, place in a warm
oven until the slices are light and brittle.
3. Pack them in an airtight tin or a dark glass
jar. (pictures)
Freezing herbs
You can store dried herbs in an airtight jar. Be sure to label the jar so
you don't forget forget what is in
there.
Other activities
Now that you can dry herbs, you can make dried
herbs all year round.
Look at other Activity sheets to find uses for dried
herbs.
Find out
What is a pot-pourri?
A pot-pourri is a mixture of dried herbs, which
smells good and looks pretty. It is an ornament and
air-freshener all in one. It is usually placed around
the house in attractive jars or bowls.
The word 'pot-pourri' comes from the French
meaning 'rotten pot'. In Medieval times people made
a moist pot-pourri from fresh herbs. Today we
usually use dried herbs.
Making a pot-pourri
First collect some containers
Place in containers
History
The Elizabethans liked pot-pourris to ward of bad
Step 1
Step 2
A length of ribbon
Step 1
Start with a sweet smelling flower of your choice.
Step 2
Add round it some lavender.
Step 3
Now add some rosemary.
Step 4
What about adding some other herb? Try lemon
Step 3
Step 5
Tie with some fine string and finish with a piece of
ribbon.
Rosemary
Step 4
Lavender
Mint
Lemon Balm
Sage
Tansy
Yarrow
Thyme
Honeysuckle
Clove Carnations
Meadowsweet
Violets
Roses
Marigold Flowers
Step 5
The completed tussie mussie
Fennel
Cotton Lavender
Hyssop
Lemon Verbena
Chamomile
Bay Leaves
Origins
Pomanders are perfumed balls usually made from an
orange.
From medieval times right up to the 18th century,
they were carried, worn or hung in rooms against
"foule, stinkying aire".
Ingredients
Before you start, you will need
Seeds used
basil, marjoram, garlic chives and rocket.
Materials
What you do
1. Almost fill the tray/pots with damp compost
2. Using a rounded-end spatula, sprinkle a few
seeds thinly over the compost
Seed pots
Seed trays
Light
Water
Soil
Heat
Light - no
Water - yes
Soil - yes
Heat - yes
Think about
Stories
The Herb Society
Sulgrave Manor
Banbury
OX17 2SD
drainage holes
Which compost?
The best compost for growing herbs is John Innes
No. 3 because it is soil based and contains longerlasting nutrients. This means less feeding. It also
holds moisture well. If it does dry out, it absorbs
water quickly. However, take care not to overwater!
John Innes No. 2 will also do. The higher the
number, the more added nutrients. Use different
compost for hanging baskets because John Innes
composts are too heavy for them
groupings
Autumn
Winter
Spring
some herbs may need re-potting. You can usually tell
if their roots are spreading from the bottom of the
container.
Water well
Peat-free composts
Further reading:
Jekka McVicar, Jekka's Complete herb book, Kyle
Cathie Ltd, 1994
Bag of compost
Peat-based composts should be
avoided. We are running out of
supplies of peat because of over use.
Herb puzzles
Try your hand at the following puzzles. You will find it easier if you print the page
first.
Anagrams
Sort the letters to find the names of the herbs
1. EYMTH
2. RIRDCENOA
3. EGSA
4. YPLRASE
5 . C PAE L ME E A N
6. AJRMAOARM
7. OEMRYRAS
8. ETTLNEE
9. NLFENE
10.
LDNIADNOE
Solution to anagrams.
Word Search
Find the following herbs in the above letter grid by reading across, down or
diagonally.
BORAGE
CALENDULA
CATMINT
CHAMOMILE
CHIVES
DILL
ELDER
EYEBRIGHT
GARLIC
MARJORAM
MELISSA
MINT
MUGWORT
NASTURTIUM
NETTLE
ONION
PARSLEY
ROSEMARY
LEMON
LAVENDER
LEMON BALM
LOVAGE
RUE
SAGE
THYME
YARROW
Crossword
Across
1 Melissa or lemon ____ (4)
6 This spice comes in quills from the inner bark of a tree and is used to flavour
cakes, biscuits, curries and chutney (8)
9 Used in curries and is one of the oldest herbs. Its seeds were found in Egyptian
tombs.(9)
11 Used to flavour sweets and toothpaste (10)
12 Mainly used to flavour ice cream and chocolate (7)
Down
1 A leaf from this tree goes into a bouquet garni (3)
2 Has the same name a a medieval staff with a metal spike (4)
3 Used in sauce to go with roast lamb (4)
4 Julius Caesar found the natives of Britain stained with this (4)
5 A yellow flower with four petals, used in herbal medicine and for treatment of
stomach upsets (9)
7 This little known herb used to be grown in kitchen gardens. The roots and leaves
were eaten (7)
8 Our feline friends love this 3 (7)
9 Small unopened buds usually pickled in vinegar . They are also found in tartare
sauce (6)
10 Shakespeare called this the herb o'grace o'Sundays (3)
Solution to crossword
Solutions
Anagrams
1. THYME
2. CORIDANDER
3. SAGE
4. PARSLEY
5. ELECAMPANE
6. MARJORAM
7. ROSEMARY
8. NETTLE
9. FENEL
10.
DANDELION