great post! as you get more comfortable with herbs, look into making herb-infused sea salts. they're great for cooking AND baking, and are super easy gifts (or use them for bartering). do you like the seeds from cilantro plants? those store wonderfully & are delicious when mixed with peppercorns in a grinder.
i look forward to enjoying more of your homesteading adventures!
I will have to do some reading on the sea salts before I attempt making those, but I will definitely look into it! As for our cilantro, we put them out kind of late so they never got to the point of producing seeds, but they are really good mixed with pepper or in soups. Thanks for stopping by!