Take a small handful of your herbs—about the size of a fat cigar. Lay them all in one direction, stems facing the same way.
Hold them tight in one hand, like you’re about to conduct an orchestra. Now, grab your twine. Leave a long tail—like, two feet long—because you’ll need the slack.
Wrap the twine around the base of the stems a few times, tightly. Then start spiraling the twine up toward the leafy top. Think of a barber pole, but smellier.
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Here’s where people mess up: they wrap too loose. Your herbs will shrink as they dry, so if you wrap loose, your bundle becomes a sad, floppy mess.
Wrap with fierce intention. Squeeze the bundle as you go. Make that twine work for its paycheck.
When you reach the top, loop the twine back down the same way, criss-crossing over your original wraps. Tie it off at the base with a double knot.
