I stick my herbs in recycled jam jars, or herb jars. I keep them for a year then they go back to nature with a thankyou. You can burn, scatter or bury, I just scatter but anything with salt be careful where you scatter.
I don’t use many herbs, rosemary, pepper, pink salt and dried flower petals. I use cinnamon each month to bless my home - that’s it.
When casting I put them in my cauldron. Sometimes I burn them sometimes when finished with the spell I will put them in a small spell jar if the spell is to be ongoing. If it’s a spell I cast and its immediately done, I will release the herbs back to nature by either blowing them into the wind or just putting them on or in the ground.
That’s definitely me. Some are infusions (herbs and oil) so those that end their use are burned outside. The ones that I put in bags (no oil) especially aromatic herbs, will lose the aroma and those I scatter (if they are not toxic).
However, like a few others, I store mine in canning jars when I’m just wanting to save them. Air tight and all that. And yes, I will have a large collection if I don’t discipline myself (which I seldom do).
When I dry herbs and flowers, I keep mine in zipper bags. It’s easier to reduce the space taken up that way. They aren’t well organized, but I do have the separate zipper bags in a unicorn backpack for easy travel, along with grocery store herb bottles and a bottle of witch hazel for the moment. Easy to transport, and no one knows what’s inside.
I like making rose petal beads after a simmer pot. I simply form the goo petals into a bead shape around a yarn needle. They are still a bit flaky when dry, but I can use the beads for a “chain” or yarn over the door or as a pomander in a closet. The separated rose water can be a room spray, cleansing additive, bath, or tonic for softer skin- use up quickly so it doesn’t mold (2 days).
I live in an apartment, so we don’t have ground to bury herbal leftovers, no compost pile. Some of my simmer pots have made their way down the toilet. Others have gone into the trash. I tend not to bury the herbs in p!ant pots because there are too few plants and too many simmer pots in winter.
Remember, you can use the herbs from one spell to dress the candles of another of similar intent. A finished ladder spell can go into a simmer pot, for instance, or scattered around the home.