[Diana in Wisconsin]

Five Easy Herbs to Grow Your Own for Tea

Growing your own herbs to make tea or herbal infusions is a fun way to customize your daily cup. Discover the best tea plants to grow and how to use them to make your daily drink.

Chamomile

Lemon Balm

Lemon Verbena

Peppermint

Thyme

Drinking tea can be therapeutic and relaxing. Making a cup of tea can be mediative, too — from selecting your mug from the cupboard, choosing your tea while waiting for the water to boil, and then pouring over and allowing time for the tea to steep. For some, it's the best way to begin the morning.

Take a quick browse through the grocery store tea aisle, and you'll find an overflowing assortment of brands and flavors of dried tea to choose from, making it easy to have an ample collection on hand. But did you know growing your own herbs to make your own tea or infusion is easy?

The wonderful thing about growing herbs to make infusions is they don't require a lot of garden space or supplies. You can sow seeds or seedlings directly into the ground — space permitting — or use pots. In fact, herbs from the mint family, including lemon balm, are better off in containers since they love to spread out and will easily dominate in the garden. Other herbs can be grown together, if you wish. Just give each plant its needed space to grow and thrive.

NOTE: These herbs can become invasive! Plant THIS selection in pots, or in buried pots in the ground to prevent that.

https://www.allrecipes.com/article/how-to-grow-tea/

[Diana in Wisconsin]

https://www.allrecipes.com/article/how-to-grow-tea/

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Herbal Tea Garden Plan

Each herbal tea plant has different needs. Although you can grow your herbal tea garden in the ground or in containers, plants with similar care needs should grow together. See BH&G's Plant Encyclopedia for information on each plant's habits to ensure the best results.

Need some help getting started? Here's your guide! Use this herbal tea garden plan as your map to a delicious cup of tea.

1 Peppermint (18" X 14" pot)

2 Spearmint (18" X 14" pot)

3 Lemon Balm (18" X 14" pot)

A | 3 Lemon Thyme

B | 3 English Thyme

C | 4 Parsley

D | 1 Lemon Verbena

E | 6-9 Dill

F | 6-7 Sweet Basil

G | 5 Lavender

H | 3-4 Lemon Basil

I | 1-2 Borage

J | 6-8 German Chamomile

K | 3-4 French Thyme

L | 2 Mother of Thyme

https://www.bhg.com/gardening/vegetable/herbs/make-own-herbal-tea/

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Good Morning!

I grow herbs too! They are my favorite. :-)

[OftheOhio]

You should see my collection of Mulled Cider spices, lol. I keep experimenting with different ones. There is probably close to 2 dozen. Everything from juniper berries to Cardamom go in the mix. I keep it simple, a microwaved cup of apple cider and dunking bag made from a cofefe filter for the spices. I use dental floss to make a handle for the bag.

A simple lunch meal I’ve been enjoying is baby portabella mushrooms cut in half, mildly cooked until the juice just starts coming out if them and green onions. I sprinkle Sea Salt over the green onions and a little over the mushrooms. The Sea Salt greatly enhances the flavor of the onions.