These days you can get dried herbs from just about any grocery store. The more organic and natural source of your herbs the better they are for you. This is due to not having anything added to it so that the herb can be on a shelf for long amounts of time. The down side to that is they do have a more limited shelf life, unless you properly store them.
Here are a few tips to help you prolong the shelf life of your natural perhaps hand picked herbs…
1) Store all your herbs in a cool, dry and dark environment. Such as a basement, storage room or a pantry.
2) The containers should be sterilized before use to avoid contaminating your herbs. If you are like me you may try to keep those nice glass jars your herbs have been bought in the past thinking “I can still use that” Make sure they are well cleaned out and sanitized before adding new herbs to such jars. I like to do this step separate of my other dishes.
3)An airtight dark-glass or ceramic container is ideal for storing parts of plants. These can normally be found in places like Whole foods, a local natural foods store or online. I find that dark glass jars and bottles are essential to do many things naturally such as storing oils and making my own bath & beauty products. If you like doing those things as well then buying online in bulk may be best for your wallet.