I don't see the price of any culinary herbs and spices going down any time soon. I am busy putting my herbs into storage for winter/spring.
Bag Holding Hack: Use a jar lifter to hold your freezer bag in place while you snip away or fill your bag. I used a quart freezer bag in this photo. Worked great! I haven't tried this with heavier fillings, but if I do, I will update.
I dice and freeze my green onion and chives. These two do not dehydrate well. They just blow all over inside your dehydrator. Trust me on this, as I have tried it. I am freezing these two in freezer bags this year, due to freezer space. Otherwise, in the past I have used freezer containers.
I am dehydrating sage, yarrow, spearmint, peppermint, and more oregano, and thyme. The peppermint this year is limited, as the plant is not that big. I have my mints in pots this year. I have yet to convince my husband for a medicinal/wild growing weed garden somewhere around this homestead.
My cilantro has gone to seed, so I am saving the seed. My outdoor basil is still going strong, so I have taken a cutting for propagation, and the same with parsley. My dill has also gone to seed, so I am saving dill seed as well. Not one store in our area sold dill seed (for culinary uses). We had to travel 3 hours to the Amish area stores to find any. I will be sure to dry as much of our own as I can.
Mullein that grew up in a flower bed, but has not gone to seed/flower yet. I will harvest it before our fall frost arrives.
I have been making notes in our garden journal, on new herbs to grow next year. A few that I used to grow and for some reason just didn't get them planted, like Tarragon and Marjoram.