If we were on Sesame Street, today’s harvest would be a B – day with a Basket of Basil, a Bunch of Broccoli, and a little bit of Blueberries.
The basil is drying in the oven, the broccoli is ready for tonight’s salad and the blueberries may make muffins, grace vanilla ice cream, or simply provide the perfect snack. We anticipate a meager berry season as this first picking only yielded a cup and did not fill the Caradori bowl. Thus, the tasty decisions must be made with careful deliberation.
After the Bs, my alphabet harvest gets a bit jumbled, as I also harvested Mini-Me™ cucumbers (a first time variety in our garden) and rhubarb for another dozen scones.
Knit+ Librarian 
I’ve been wondering about picking some basil to dry but wasn’t sure how to, I wondered about putting it in the oven once I’ve switched it off from cooking something else? How long does it take to dry for you?
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I set the oven at the lowest temp (170 for mine). I try to make sure the leaves are as dry as possible and, when laying them out on parchment, not overlapping. The Kitchen Garden blog suggests baking for 1-1.5 hours. Yesterday, mine took 2 hours although that could be to the number of pans I had on both racks.
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It’s great to see harvests coming along! I could do with doing something with my basil and might freeze some.
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