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Allan Matthews wrote:

When I planted my new raised garden July 15, I bought a left over
withered basil plant and stuck it in. Now it is 2 feet in diameter, 2
feet tall and dense with leaves. How is the best way to dry
this?Thanks

The traditional italian method is to preserve/dry them in salt. Seems
to work nicely.

Get a sealable mason jar, put 1" coarse salt in the bottom, put a single
layer of basil, cover with 1/2" salt, add another layer of basil, repeat
until you top it with 1" salt.

Bonus is that you get basil-scented corase salt to use as you use up the
basil.