Hello and thank you for your patience! I hope this project was worth the wait for you! In this month’s farm vlog we make homemade herb salts with fresh herbs from the garden. I am planning to gift these to friends and family. It is a simple project with delicious results. Thank you for joining me. 🤎
Small note: I used 3 cups of fresh herbs and 3 cups of salt for each batch.
I use Diamond Crystal Kosher Salt but any other flaky salt such as Morton’s Kosher would work well. I don’t recommend table salt for this project
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https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/94740454-anneihilation
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– Project Bag FAQ – My two quilted project bags (Squirrel and Teapot) are homemade by me. Sadly I don’t sell them. (Maybe someday)
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– Other Youtubes Mentioned –
Emma Robinson – Woolly Mammoth Fibre Co.
The Dead of Night – Ambience Videos
ASMR Weekly – Ambience Videos
Not really anymore links I can think of this week. Feel free to let me know if you are looking for something.
– Music –
“Teller of the Tales” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
15 Comments
Great video again (and a nice surprise because I forgot it was Friday!). I kind of wish I had people to gift things to who lived nearby and that I had the herb garden from my old house (all I have here is lavender and some rogue lemon balm that grows where it wants to!!).
Could you make your own baskets from some thick paper or thin card? I think there are some good tutorials around – the ones made from woven strips of paper come to mind, though it was a long time ago. Whatever you choose, I'm 100% certain the recipients are going to love those herbed salts 😊
Edited to add: And, yes! Every. Single. Day. I'm a gold medalist when it comes to putting pressure on myself, sadly. I'm slowly learning to enjoy the journey rather than rush towards the result (though the results are rewarding I think the journey probably should be too).
I wanna hear everything goat related and any fiber animals you'd like to get in the future!!
Thanks for sharing. Great idea. I get a coop produce box and sometimes we get herb bundles and most of the time they rot before we use them.I recently got molds to use to make herb butter to not waste and have herbs for later times. Definitely will try the salts as well. As for your next vlog, I would love to know all about your house goat, her room, how you manage sharing your space with her. I love goats as well, raised them for a couple years through FFA as a teen and keep thinking I want to get one now. We have a dog, cats, chickens, doves, and recently added baby quail. how much space does a goat need? lol
I really enjoyed this video❤ thanks for sharing
I have the same problem with my jar seals. Still looking for replacement seals.
Thank you for today’s video. I don’t have a food dehydrator but will see if I can make some using dry herbs. And, bravo to you for cleaning all those jars! I know it’s easier to get new ones but then most likely you’ll find plastic ones. I’m so glad you’re recycling all those old ones ( and they’re cute looking!)
Oh, speaking of salt! Have you tried matcha salt? If not, I’ll definitely recommend you to try. You just whisk matcha and salt (or mixing them using mortar and pestle) , 1 tbs each or adjust to your liking. They are so good with fried fish, French fries, etc!
Love your chatty vlog❤ I’d love to hear about your favorite music, books and/or films😊
I’ve been saving little glass yogurt jars to make simmer pot bundles for friends, I think I’ll use the extras to make salts with my herbs – this is a great idea!
I love ambiance videos, my favorite right now is Vibing with Calcifer by Cozy Cove Music.
I think I spend 10% of my time cleaning jars to re-use 😂
That's such a good gift idea! Thanks for showing us the process. And I hear you, that fine line between sticking to some sort of goal for accountability, and being human and giving ourselves grace and space, married with societal crapola that's ingrained in us… it's a lot. Sounds like you rolled with it all well in the end with this project 🤗💕
Thank you for sharing your herb salt recipe with us. What a wonderful and practical gift.❤️
I absolutely adore all your podcast/vlog. You do a lot of things, it's amazing and very interesting. For your gift,s maybe you can just wrap it in piece of fabric, as Japanese do. You should have old fabrics to reuse. And you know, I put too pressure on myself too… it's difficult for me to take care of me.
Great idea Anne! I use my microwave to dry my herbs, and then mix them with the salt 😊 If you had more time I'd tell you to crochet little baskets for the trio, would make them look so cute in people kitchens… but as life happens to us all, I'm sure just wrapping them in some parchment paper with a nice bow would do the trick; remember, it's the thought that counts❤ Have a lovely week, take care😊
What a lovely gift idea Anne❤ I love your basket 🧺 I loved to hear the a brief conversation on how you made it! Take good care and don’t feel the pressure to make content x
Hi Anne, wonderful herbs, this is such a good gift idea! Honestly, all kinds of special salts sound really delicious😁