Drying Herbs, Pruning Evergreens, and Bird Attack
The Plantrama team discusses the advice to hang herbs upside down for drying, and whether you should prune evergreens now. We end with a letter from a listener about doing battle with the birds.
:31 True or False: Hanging herbs upside down to dry them helps the flavors (or in the case of Cannabis, the cannabinoids) drain into the leaves/buds.
2:27 Eat/Drink/Grow: Pruning evergreens now.
18:52 Love Letters and Questions: Alexander and the battle with the birds.
When drying herbs, should you be hanging them upside down?
You can prune needled evergreens in the late-fall and winter, but not spring-flowering evergreens such as Rhododendrons or Pieris.
This is not Anthony’s bird…we just loved C.L.’s photo of a bird with attitude, so are using it here. Apologies to this bird if he/she feels falsely portrayed.