GROW YOUR OWN TEA

July 3, 2008 12:17 PM

less (buying what you can make yourself)

One of my favorite summertime treats is throwing a handful of fresh spearmint in my teapot, letting it steep a few minutes and enjoying an afternoon of sipping (hot or cool) fresh, tingly tea.

It tastes even better when it comes from your own garden.

In recently buying what looked and smelled like chamomile flowers from my farmers' market, I got to thinking: What else can I grow for my teapot?

Enter Herbal Tea Gardens. It goes beyond mint and chamomile to help you design healing tea gardens to suit your needs. Marietta Marcin includes growing and brewing recipes for herbs to help with headaches, colds, arthritis, and a multitude (100 to be exact) of pains (and pleasures!).

Buy it from an independent bookseller (11.50) here.

Or find it on swaptree.

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