Homemade herb salt

Now is the prime season for harvesting herbs from the garden. My herbs have grown like weeds in the sunny weather and I already have dried herbs from last summer left. I still wanted to not let all the fragrant herbs go to waste so after a little bit of googeling for ideas I decided to try making my own herb salt. I'm very happy with the results, and the were soo easy to make!
Now I have  tasty garlic, carrot and parsley salt, perfect for the garlic lovers and a green aromatic blend of oregano, thymes and chives that goes well with french and mediterranean cooking.
This is how I've done it:
1. Get a bunch of fresh herb of your taste and some coarse salt. I chose Sicilian sea salt.
2. Mix the herbs and salt together in a food processor. I took 50/50 of herbs and salt.
3. When it's totally blended and mushy, spread it on a baking dish and put in the oven in 50 C until totally dry. Stir a few times while drying.
4. When it's totally dry, crush it with a mortar and pestle until it's as fine as you desire.
5. Finished, store in airtight packaging.

Freshly picked herbs

Blended mix of herbs and salt ready for the oven.

Rhubarb pie and continued crafting

Summer is here at last! Recently I brought home this years first rhubarb harvest. They have such a sour fresh taste. I think the sour mixes well with sweet and crispy, like a crumbly rhubarb pie. This is how it turned out. We ate at the summer cabin together with creamy vegan vanilla sauce made from oats. It's like the taste of summer!

Crumbly rhubarb pie

Also I have been pretty busy lately with end of term exams and cat-sitting in my parents home while they are away on holiday. But I have managed to start hand quilting the flowery cat pillow from the seventies. I added some fusible fleece on the back-side and now I'm back stitching the contours.

In the middle of stitching

Flower power cat project

I found this funny 70's project in my stash. It's a cat pillow kit with typical 70's flower motifs. Right now I have been coloring the flowers with fabric markers. Soon I will quilt it and sew the pillow. Here is how far I have come now. I'll post more pictures later when I have worked on in some more.

A little poor quality on this pic as I took it with my phone.

Now the coloring is finished. I like the funky bright colors ^_^.

Orchid flowers

The days already starting to get lighter and longer. It's a really wonderful feeling :)
I guess my orchids like it too, many of them are sprouting flowerbuds and a couple already have started to bloom. Soon I will start repotting my plants in fresh soil after the long winter. Here are a couple of pictures of my orchids, enjoy! ^^