Tea Garden

[HotPepperQueen]

I have started a tea garden! I have a wide variety of herbs to add to black and green tea. Super excited for everything to get established so I can make lots of different tea blends! Here is what I have gotten so far...,

Chamomile
Lemon Thyme
Cinnamon Basil
Pineapple Sage
Lemon Verbena
Lemon Balm
Stevia
Spanish Lavender
French Lavender
Lemon Mint
Peppermint
Spearmint
Chocolate Mint
Apple Mint
Pineapple Mint
Mojito Mint.....(mainly for Mojitos, hehe)

 

[Nyboy]

Wow you must love tea !! Not a herb but, I give my pregnant dogs red raspberry leaf to ease labor. While in a store looking over their teas, I found a red raspberry tea labeled womens monthly tea. Just a little tea triva

 

[baymule]

I have plans for a herb garden. Now with so much room, I can plant lots of things. HPQ your tea garden sounds wonderful! There is sassafras trees growing here, the roots make great tasting tea. They send out runners and saplings pop up. A few roots goes a long ways.

 

[digitS']

I feel like I should be exploring the world of herbal teas a little more.

Lemon verbena and anise hyssop are an absolute favorite blend. I'm not a great fan of lemon flavor by itself but lemon verbena is just fine by itself, to my taste.

I've always liked licorice flavors . There are a whole bunch of them! I can still remember discovering root beer as a kid ...

Of course, there are a bunch of citrus flavors, too. So, if I like one combination ...

Steve

 

[ninnymary]

HPQ, how about growing bergamot. It is used in making Grey Earl tea.

Mary

 

[Nyboy]

Mary is that Bee balm ?

 

[ninnymary]

The bergamot orange is actually a small citrus tree and that is what is used for Earl Grey tea.

Bee balm is Monarda. It's flowers attract hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies. The dried leaves can be used for tea.

Mary

 

[HotPepperQueen]

I have plans for a herb garden. Now with so much room, I can plant lots of things. HPQ your tea garden sounds wonderful! There is sassafras trees growing here, the roots make great tasting tea. They send out runners and saplings pop up. A few roots goes a long ways.

Very cool! I wish stuff like that would grow here!

 

[HotPepperQueen]

HPQ, how about growing bergamot. It is used in making Grey Earl tea.

Mary

There is a place near my house called Prairie Restorations that grows native plants and they have bergamot. I contacted them last week but just haven't made time to stop yet. I plan on getting some!

 

[ducks4you]

If you are planting herbs, I would recommend oregano. It grows like a weed and fills in quickly, and then pulls out easily when you want to make more room. Don't know about YOU, but I am always weeding beds, so this is just an FYI to help.