Earthbabe, I also freeze chives out of the garden. Cut the plants back to ground level, while the growth is still young, wash it, dry on kitchen paper then snip with scissors into pots, and freeze.

moggsue, regarding quantities of frozen, as opposed to dried herbs. Most recipe books recommend twice the amount of fresh to dried, because drying concentrates the flavour. Home freezing does seem to retain more flavour, so you may not need as much as double the dried. Add gradually, to taste. You can always add more, but if you've added too much, you can't take it away.

With regard to recyclable containers, margarine tubs, yoghurt pots etc should be fine. The Poundland, Poundstretcher, Aldi, Lidle and Netto stores often have some very good offers on plastic containers. Woolworths have some very good offers as well.

valmarg