Drying Fruit, Herbs, and Tea Ingredients for Seasonal Living Creating a Gentle Home Apothecary | Drying Fruit, Herbs, and Tea Ingredients for Seasonal Living A home apothecary does not need to begin with shelves of rare herbs, expensive jars, or complicated systems. Sometimes it begins with a single tray of drying citrus on a quiet afternoon. Sometimes it begins with slowing down long enough to notice what the season is offering. A blood orange in winter. Mint in summer. Ging