small joys in a hard week 🌿 | making herb infused vinegar for holiday gifts

Herb infused vinegar is the easiest homemade gift I know: herbs, a bottle, vinegar, and a few weeks of patience. In this video I make three of them, rosemary, thyme, and sage. I cover which vinegar to use, why the lid matters, whether dried herbs work as well as fresh, and the one step that keeps your bottles from going moldy on top. They make a thoughtful holiday gift, and they’re the base for my homemade salad dressings all winter. Before that, we finish fall garden chores in Zone 6b. I plant the last of the elephant garlic, check on the winter greens, and move my rosemary into the greenhouse. I also divide mint and thyme for a windowsill kitchen herb garden. This was also a hard week. Chachi, our 13-year-old cat, came out to the garden with me while we wait on some vet results. After filming, we learned he has advanced lymphoma. Please hug your pets for me. 0:00 A garden day with Chachi 1:26 Planting elephant garlic in the middle of the beds 2:23 Winter greens bed 3:11 Moving rosemary into the greenhouse 4:02 Rosemary that layered and rooted itself 4:38 Dividing mint for containers 5:30 Potting up a windowsill kitchen herb garden 6:50 Greenhouse corner: snapdragons, pineapple sage, tea plant 7:08 Pruning rosemary for a bushier plant 7:41 DIY herb infused vinegar for holiday gifts 8:00 Choosing your vinegar and bottles 8:17 Fresh vs dried herbs 8:43 Packing the bottles and pouring 9:04 How long to steep and how to prevent mold 9:46 Using herb vinegars in salad dressings 10:14 Small joys in a hard week 🌿 Growing Your Own Tea Garden: From Seed to Cup https://shop.thecottagepeach.com/products/the-complete-tea-garden-bundle 🌿 Free garlic growing checklist (+20 other gardening resources) https://thecottagepeach.com/garden-freebies 🌿 Substack https://thecottagepeach.substack.com/ #herbinfusedvinegar #diygifts #herbgarden My favorite garden beds: https://vegogarden.pxf.io/YVaL3R My favorite place to get dried herbs: https://get.aspr.app/SHwOA Vertical planters: https://tinyurl.com/ycxp4cuy My favorite seeds: https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=250954&u=3375618&m=28945&urllink=&afftrack= My favorite seed trays: https://epicgardening.superfiliate.com/THECOTTAGEPEACH5 My favorite tools: https://thecottagepeach.com/links Instagram: http://instagram.com/thecottagepeach TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@thecottagepeach Garden Girls Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@gardengirlspod The Cottage Peach is viewer supported. When you make a purchase through our links, we may earn a commission at no cost to you. All opinions are our own. Thank you for your support!