[Madame Cholet]

i have logan and josta

[Beetroot Queen]

i have logan and josta

Me too but they are all new last year so still getting to a decent size. Also got a japenese wineberry but not sure berries like those can be dehydrated ? Would be interesting to try.

[sunshineband]

i have logan and josta

Both these nearly ready to begin harvesting on my plot... are they quite sour when dried?

[Madame Cholet]

I find things are sweeter when dried the logans I thought were ok straight from the bush

[Beetroot Queen]

Do you cut them or dry whole. Same with raspberries 

[sunshineband]

Do you cut them or dry whole. Same with raspberries 

New Shoot's advice was to dry raspberries whole, standing them up on their stem ends, so I guess the same would work with loganberries too

[Beetroot Queen]

Brilliant thanks. Cant wait to try.

[Madame Cholet]

Sounds good if they make it past my mouth

[sunshineband]

Sounds good if they make it past my mouth

Best to do a lot at once then 

[Beetroot Queen]

Pineapple never made it out LOL

[Ma Lowe]

Ok I don't know why I rarely look in this section but I am hooked now and I WANT A DEHYDRATOR!!
I better talk nice to hubby.
The thought of dried fruit for my porridge is awesome 

[New shoot]

Do you cut them or dry whole. Same with raspberries 

New Shoot's advice was to dry raspberries whole, standing them up on their stem ends, so I guess the same would work with loganberries too

I think so as well 

Raspberries (I have big Autumn Bliss ones) take 24 hours, so be warned, but they are lovely.  I've blitzed the dried fruit in the food processor before to make a powder and then did a pavlova base with it.  That was very good 

OH wants more dried strawberries.  I showed him the jar and he reckons that is nowhere near enough   

[Aunt Sally]

Raspberries (I have big Autumn Bliss ones) take 24 hours, so be warned, but they are lovely.  I've blitzed the dried fruit in the food processor before to make a powder and then did a pavlova base with it.  That was very good 

OH wants more dried strawberries.  I showed him the jar and he reckons that is nowhere near enough   

Woww... No wonder my raspberries weren't good last year.

I sliced my strawbs with an egg slicer (they have to be very ripe) and dried them for 14 hours at 57^oC - that maade them quite crisp.  You can then break them up to put in your muesli - yummy

[New shoot]

Now got all 5 trays on mine drying mint at a cool 35 degrees.  Its hard to taste the difference with some herbs between home dried and decent quality shop bought, but home dried mint is just a 'must have' for me now 

I've done loads and chopped the plant down to get a second flush to dry as I ran out last winter    That was with a whole preserving jar full as well 

[Beetroot Queen]

Now got all 5 trays on mine drying mint at a cool 35 degrees.  Its hard to taste the difference with some herbs between home dried and decent quality shop bought, but home dried mint is just a 'must have' for me now 

I've done loads and chopped the plant down to get a second flush to dry as I ran out last winter    That was with a whole preserving jar full as well 

Now as a herb numpty I may just have to try this, once dried could you blitz and turn into mint sauce.