How to Plant an Herbal Tea Garden
Stay healthy, keep your purse full, and attract some beautiful butterflies by growing your own herbal tea garden.
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You Will Need
- Soil bed
- Garden tiller
- Compost
- Bee palm seeds
- Anise hyssop seeds
- Lemon verbena seeds
- Mint seeds
- Chamomile seeds
- Cup
- Hot water
Steps
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Step 1
Prepare the soil
Prepare your soil bed by tilling and adding compost to enrich.
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Choose a large area with good sun and drainage for the best results.
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Step 2
Choose your tea
Choose the types of teas you’d like to plant. Bee balm, anise hyssop, lemon verbena, and mint chamomile are easy to grow.
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Step 3
Plant the seeds
Plant the seeds with 12 to 18 inches between them and follow package instructions on caring for each type.
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Step 4
Trim the plants
Trim the plants, which can grow from 1 to 12 feet tall, though most will only reach 2 to 4 feet.
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Step 5
Harvest
Harvest your tea by removing either the flower or the leaf.
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Some teas only produce harvestable leaves, but others, like the anise hyssop, have both leaves and flowers that can be harvested.
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Step 6
Make a cup
Prepare a cup of herbal tea by adding hot water to a cup over 1 tablespoon of fresh leaves or flowers. Then sit back, relax, and enjoy the fruits of your labor.
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Legend has it that an ancient Chinese emperor accidentally discovered tea by inadvertently dropping a few leaves into his boiling water.
