AeroGarden Tip #4 – How to Store Your AeroGarden Herbs

One of the biggest problems we have, is one of overabundance! One of our favorite AeroGarden Seed Kits is the International Basil Seed Kit. We’ll talk more about this fabulous kit in another post. Basil is one of the plants that produces rapidly in the AeroGarden, as a result, it is often hard to use everything it produces when we trim our plants.

Rather than let the herbs go to waste, we store them and use them later for recipes like Pesto & Spaghetti sauce. There are 2 different ways to store your AeroGarden herbs:

1. You can store them in the refrigerator for use in the near future or…
2. You can store them in the freezer, and use them whenever you need them.

Here are some tips on how to store your herbs from the two methods above:

Storing your AeroGarden Herbs in the Fridge

When you store your herbs in the fridge, you’d better plan on using them in the immediate future – otherwise they will spoil. Herbs stored in the fridge without any special treatment will last about 5-6 days before they begin to lose flavor and wilt.

Herb Storing Tip! – Use one of the Prepara Herb Savors!

If you want to store your herbs without freezing, and you want them to keep their flavor and freshness, you should probably invest the $20 and pick up one of the Prepara Herb Savors or Herb Savor Mini’s. You can find them at the iGardenShoppe.com or the Hydroponic-Home-Garden.com. These little beauties not only look cool, but they will keep your AeroGarden Herbs fresh and flavorful for up to 3 weeks!

Storing your AeroGarden Herbs in the Freezer

If you’re going to store your AeroGarden herbs in the freezer, probably the best way to do it is the following:

1. Blanch your herbs first with scalding water for a few seconds.
2. Chop them up and put them into an ice-cube tray and fill with water
3. Place in freezer
4. When your herbs are frozen, remove the “herb cubes” from the tray and put into a ziploc or vacuum sealed bag.
5. Store in freezer until needed.

If you don’t want to deal with the mess of storing your herbs in ice, then after blanching, simply put your herbs into a vacuum bag (Foodsaver type) and seal them up and freeze them. The won’t retain their color, but the flavor will still be there when you need it!