Drying Rack

Lots of people need to use food dehydrators if they are dry foods.
You need about 100F, 15% humidity, and light wind. Thankfully that is my outside weather in the summer, so all I needed was a safe clean place to dry things.

So I built a drying rack with a wood frame. Aluminum window screen was stapled on each half.

 

it is hinged in the back, closes tight enough to keep mice and bugs out.
The legs keep it off the ground for good air flow.

Today I filled it with peppermint

the last batch took less than a day to get the leaves paper dry, it filled up a 5 gallon bucket when it was dry.

This time I am going to let it dry in the shade and not in the sun. I think it might end up being better mint tea that way, but I will not know that for a while.

the harvest has left the mint plot looking rather thin,

but it starts to look rather poor every summer when it gets hot enough to kill off the sugar peas.