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I have a ton of chives growing out back. I love to use them fresh but what is
the best way to preserve them? Chop and put in freezer bags? Hang upside down
in bunches to dry? Chop and dry in the oven?

Thanks for the help.


MsgID: 10934
Shared by: Barb/mn
Board: Gardening at Recipelink.com
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1 ISO: Preserving Chives
  Barb/mn
2 Recipe(tried): Drying Chives
  Linda/WS
3 Thank You: Thanks so much, Linda!
  Barb/mn
4 Barb, you are welcome and...
  Linda/WS
5 Chives VS Green Onions...
  grace/Alberta
6 ISO: Linda/WS: Dill, too?
  Barb/mn
7 Barb, I've never tried dill...
  Linda/WS
8 Barb: I just remembered...
  Linda/WS
9 I freeze in cubes . . .
  Kathy, SC
10 Kathy, SC: I like...
  Linda/WS
11 Recipe(tried): Drying Chives - Thank You
  Sherri from St Williams, Ontario, Canada
12 Recipe(tried): Another Herb Drying Method
  AH western Mass
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