Jessica is multi-talented.  She volunteers for many important causes, she is a published author, and she enjoys gardening.  Her gardening includes various greens, herbs and peppers.  Some of the herbs and peppers  she drys in her dehydrator and they become wonderful seasonings that can be stored and used in many dishes.  Her dried herbs have a wonderful fragrance and taste which don't compare with the dried herbs in the supermarket.  Click her for Jessica's wonderful recipe for Southern Greens and also the recipe for the pesto sauce she uses.
The drying process begins with collecting and labeling the herbs, & cleaning them.
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To the right is the drying schedule in the dehydrator for the various herbs.
To the left is 2 cups of cilantro that has been dried in the dehydrator and to the right you see that it becomes 1/4 cup ground.   Then comes the bottling and labeling.  Jessica made one blend of 1/4 cup cilantro and the rest parsley. One bottle of parsley only.  Bottles and caps are run through dishwasher  and throughly dried prior to bottling. Kamenstein Spice jars available online,  or Bed Bath and Beyond.   Other bottles are blends made from spring/summer garden 2020.   
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​Above are pictures of Jessica's beautiful purple kale collards and celery.
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On the right are parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme.  Do you remember the song?