EASY PROJECT
A simple jar of herb flavoured salt makes a great festive gift, fresh from the garden or windowbox!
1 Cut some fresh, healthy rosemary shoots 1 from your plant, taking care not to cut into thick, woody growth. Use sharp scissors and make a cut just above a pair of leaves.
2 Wash the cut stems then strip the 2 leaves from the stem, discarding any showing blemishes. The leafless stems can be cut up and put in the compost bin.
3 Add a thin layer of rock salt to the 3 bottom of sterilised jars (recycled jam or chutney jars work well), then sprinkle a later of rosemary leaves on top, just enough to cover the salt layer.
4 Add another layer of salt, 3-4cm 4 thick, then add another layer of rosemary leaves until you’ve reach a level just below the groove in the jar that the lid secures to.
5 Secure the lid then tie with 5 some coloured soft string to match and make a stylish gift, finished off with a sprig of fresh rosemary to add fresh fragrance to the present.
Homemade rosemary salt, made using sea salt and leaves of Rosmarinus officinalis, put into labelled glass jars, tied with string
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