Harvesting Chamomile and Peppermint for Making Tea
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- Опубліковано 28 чер 2017
- today we are out in the garden harvesting chamomile and mint for tea making. It should be fun! let's go!
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That looked easier than I thought!! Thank you
Great info! I love chamomile tea, but I didn't know peppermint was good for coughs and stuff
Oh it's good for stomach issues too. In fact my favorite store-bought tea is chamomile-peppermint! Together it's warm in your tummy and you're ready for a good night's sleep! 💤
As an indigenous mom, we always make cedar tea for coughs and beginnings of a cold. Mint tea is what we use at bedtime to help us go to sleep or to help us relax.
Cedar tea? That's wonderful! Is it just the outermost layer of bark? Please, if you see this, I love introducing my grandsons to "new to them" things, ideas and knowledge about what the earth provides for us. As well, I try to resist just looking up everything immediately rather then talking to people. Such an old fashioned idea! Anyway, any information I could share with them or recommendations on materials would be appreciated. While there's tons of info online, I find it's at least inaccurate, at worst, intentionally misleading .
@@LynnMTHA Just pick a few tiny sprigs off a cedar tree. The leafy part. Boil a pot of water to a rolling boil (with nothing in it.) remove from heat, drop in the cedar sprigs and cover for just a few minutes to let it steep. Remove the cedar, (can be used another time.) pour into mug. You can add honey if you have a cough. It is very mild, very little taste. Don't drink more than one cup a day and only for a few days. The tea is pale green and although you would expect it to taste gross, like a cedar tree in your mug, in fact it doesn't taste like that at all. It is amazing at curing the early cold.
Chamomile tea is a good salad green too!
Will say - Early in the morning is when you should harvest herbs. That's when the oils are most concentrated.
Can you make video on drying out and how to make tea with it?
Oh, Lord, that video will be over 7 hours long...
Lay out the flowers in a single layer and allow them to dry for 1 to 2 weeks in a dark, warm, dry space.
Dehydrate - Dry flowers on a lined dehydrator tray to prevent tiny dried blossoms from falling through the mesh.
Hi MI, just wanted to thank you for the videos. Because of you, and a couple of other well known UA-cam gardeners, I have a really successful garden this year! Keep up the good work.
I’m on harvest #10 from 3 plants. I have 10 more plants spread around the garden awaiting blooms.
this is one the best garden channels on YT
Loved that , thanks ! Getting ready to harvest my chamomile flowers now
Groovy, just got some chamomile seeds. My grandma taught me when I was a kid, but now I get to harvest fresh flowers. Great vid, Luke. Thanks for bringing back great childhood memories. Julia from Florida 🌴
lovely update thank you for sharing Luke
I did learn something new. I thought chamomile came from the leaves. Wow. Now I know. And it’s a pretty little plant.
Yep. Some are small, but others can be big. In my tropical country, the flowers are almost twice larger than these. That's not all, the leaves can also be used for tea, but it's going to be bitter, so we use mostly flower parts.
First year growing chamomile, looking forward to trying it. I grow several varieties of mint for what my family calls meadow tea- it's just cold mint tea with sweetener added
Chamomile is my favorite, for tea and other things too. I love the smell :-)
Thank you for your video. I am learning so much.
I've grown chamomile for years--it keeps reseeding itself! I've been meaning to read up on how to use them for tea and finally have! Can't wait till morning! 😄🍵
Lucky you....
How can I get seeds?
am glad i bought peppermint and chamomile both seeds. they have alot benefits. gotta plant em :)
I love this kind of video!
I was wondering how to harvest these so thank you for sharing.
Beautiful garden. Beautiful man.
I was about to look for a video just like this thanks (harvesting chamomile)
Awesome info!!!! thank You!.
Grew herbs for the first time this year and only my cilantro came up! I was so bummed lol. Hopefully next year is better!
I live ur harvest videos thanks for sharing
My favourite mint is Spearmint, nice and refreshing, and not harsh about its flavour... :)
Can u do a part two video where u show us how exactly u like ur tea made ? Recorded inside the kitchen for example so we can have an idea of the proportion used and the color of the final product ( tea ) and so on
I have a sensitive throat, susceptible for windy spots and (car) air conditioning. I have successfully treated it with fresh sage tea more than once. I just take fresh leaves and put them in hot water. Our sage grows in full soil (no pots) and survives occasionally freezing winters (no continuous freezes)
peppermiint is good for aches and pains too
Thank you for also showing how to preserve the harvest!
Hi , I like this video on making chamomile and peppermint tea .
Great video! Watching while we dry our bachelor buttons for tea. Found you through White House on the Hill
Peppermint is also good for upset stomach and headaches! you can even put it in a bath for a tingly feeling, good for sore muscles. Chamomile and mint are even good together!
After I strip the mint. then I drop the stems in the chicken coop. Nice when I walk there.
Are you able to save seed from peppermint and chamomile, and if so, can you do a "how to" video on that?
Peppermint is perennial in most growing zones and spreads all by itself. Just dig some up and put it where you want it.
I actually harvest my chamomile every three to four days depending on the weather. it seems like beans, the more I pick it, the more it grows. I have also noticed the gentler I am and harvesting the quicker it Springs back.
Beautiful my friend, did you have a video on how to use chamomile for a lawn?
This was relaxing and enjoyable! 😊 Bought a pk of Chamomile seeds today, however, the pack did not state what type of chamomile it was! 😑
Nice shirt Love to john ✌🏻
never gron chamomile but love me peppermint....gotta grow it aWay from the big need, cause it spreads like a weed here in the Northwest
fantastic video as always, could you please tell us or make a video on the shoe box method you use & how you make your tea. (the shoe box > how long do you keep in there? if you have some already in there do you add new? is it only mint or both? please be very detailed, thanks
Bubbles!!! How's the cart business going bud?
james prigioni lol great the liquor kitties lead me
How do you clean the flowers and the mint leaves?
You're out of Trifecta Plus. Any idea when it's coming in?
Four crops in such a small space?!?! Thats great soil!
assuming you do everything right how many harvests can you get with an indoor plant
could you use a dehydrator to dry them out or are the leaves and flowers too delicate? would it mess up the flavor?
Thank you for this video. My chamomile flowers have green worms (loopers, maybe?) and tiny white bugs all over them. I would prefer not to have those in my tea. Do you know what I can do to get rid of those bugs before I dehydrate the flowers? Thank you so much.
Show us how u make the tea!
Hello, I think I missed the boat! My Chamomile flowers are almost done blooming, are they still worth making tea out of them? Isn't Cham a perrenial? Thanks kid!
Does chamomile come back year after year? Like strawberries spread?
Do you extract the chamezuline
When’s the best time to plant it in the south? I had an awful time transitioning my chamomile fro indoors to outside
Does chamomile come back every year? My peppermint is in a container and it still comes back every spring, but it's small. I'm going to put it in the ground soon.
Have you tried growing a Camellia sinensis bush? Do you have a video on it?
does chamomile grow wild here in Michigan?
I swear I have seen it before out on my aunt's farm in her hay fields.
After you dry the mints and chamomile can you put them in empty teabags to give to friends and family? Or do I need something else to preserve them in the bag?
Can you please help me understand this? For pure dried chamomile tea, the buds without the petals are preferred or with petals? Which quality would you rate higher for chamomile tea?
I bought a chamomile plant to make tea but in the entire plant there is only 1 flower lol
Lol That’s funny
Mexican markets mostly sells stem bundles with few bulbs for tea... I'll cut up the stems with bulbs, still makes great tea. Just an fyi. I've never known stems to be bitter.
Mediterranean markets though sell only the bulbs.
Can I dry the herbs in a dehydrator?
What else can I make with mint? Not sure if it is peppermint? I dry every herb in the microwave to have for the winter.
How much temperature needed to grow chamomile nicely ?
Thank you for the video. Can I make the tea right away without having to dry it? just add boiling water?
Use twice as much fresh as dry
Part of the reading I've done says yes. Google a few articles.
What type of chamomile?
Is there a way to make peppermint oil?
Mine seem to get little bugs all in the flower
For your teas, you you throw all that in a dehydrator?
nope, just a shoe box in the pantry.
At 0:22, Is that a big green egg smoker/grill in the background or just normal kettle charcoal grill?
How long do you leave them in the shoebox to dry?
I wish can grow chamomile in my country
Is there anything you don't have a video on?
I have been having problems with my tomatoes. The flowers have bloomed then they die and fall off. The same thing has happened to my peppers. Do you think it is something I am doing wrong or is it out of my hands?
Is this plant an annual then?
are all types of mint good for tea
Not catnip
I have tried to plant chamomile twice now with no germination, any tips?
I bought the seeds from MIGardener, so I'm pretty sure of their quality. But you might be right about the watering. I planted them in my front garden which has very clay soil and does tend to get a lot of sun. It can get baked hard and cracked out there quick.
Thanks for the video This is the first year I am growing peppermint and you gave a lot of ideas for them. I am looking forward to seeing how you make both the chamomile and peppermint tea video. How long do you let the peppermint dry and how do you store them? I am a novice at all of this. I had relatives that would grow them although growing up I never paid much attention to what they did with them except planting and consuming them. Grow Big or Go home...Have a Happy fourth of July weekend.
Just lay them out on a dry, clean surface to dry for a couple of days. Store them somewhere dry and cool. I would put them in a paper bag before putting them in the shoe box or you could just use a glass jar. You could also try one of those devices that sucks the air out & seals the container. To make tea, just pour boiling water over a couple of teaspoons worth. Then strain it before drinking or use a tea ball.
Robin, thanks a lot for the information. It was easier than I thought.
I found chamomile in my garden, clearly must be a volunteer because I have never had luck in the past with my own seeds. But they appeared in a space that will need to be tilled in the next couple weeks. I really don't want to loose these plants, can you tell me if I can dig them up and put them in another location in my garden?
I think they should be fine! Maybe they won't be very productive for this season but hopefully they'll grow back next year since they self-sow quite easily
@@nicktl8815 Chamomile Gone!! Thank goodness I was able to harvest some of the flowers for tea. UGH!!! After I pulled some flowers I decided to give this patch some water to make it easier to dig up. The neighbor wife was out there with me and we were talking about relocating the flowers that she and I have planted in the last couple years. She went to the store, I went in to get all my "digging stuff" came out and the entire area had been cut down! My neighbor husband decided at the last minute to just cut down what he thought were weeds. They were wildflowers plus my chamomile. I cried. He cut down to the ground so I really can't see where the roots are. Im afraid this beautiful batch is gone. Thanks for your reply though.
Hello, I thought I was growing Chamomile but now I think it may be a weed, it has thicker leaves bur the flowers look the same??? any thoughts as to what weed looks just like Chamomile? Thanks.
TMT1473 There are at least 5 different varieties of Chamomile. They're all from the Asteraceae family Neither Roman Chamomile nor German Chamomile are considered weeds by those who love and use them though German Chamomile has a common name of Scented Mayweed but many medicinal/healing herbs are often thought to be weeds...there is a weed similar to chamomile called pinapple weed because it smells like pineapple but it doesn't usually reach much taller than a few inches, both Roman Chamomile and German Chamomile can be used for tea for similar purposes. They are both medicinal and can both be used for tea. Roman grows up to about 10cm high german can grow up to 60cm high, Chamomile Treneague (used for lawns) grows up to 6cm high, Dyers (used for dye) grows up to 1mtr & Double-Flowered (used for ground cover) grows up to 8cm. I hope this determines what you have there. ☺
Angela Dyson Thank you Angela. It is growing crazy in my neglected herb bed and out along the tree line by woods. I guess i'll dry it! [and hope I'm right!]
TMT1473 If it's more than 10cm high it's not likely to be pineapple weed or lawn chamomile. Roman Chamomile although low growing has long stems. You could pick a single flower head and crush it between your fingers to see if you get an apple like smell. Measure how tall it's grown that will give you a good idea. Chamomile can grow in the wild. It probably is Chamomile. Check the size of the flower head also. A chamomile flower head isn't likely to be more than an inch wide in full bloom. Also if you pick some for tea make sure you pick about a handfull at least as when you dry them they'll shrink a great deal. Although the guy in this video says it doesn't matter if you leave a little stem in, I've found it makes a hude differnce in taste, the stems really can make your lovely Chamomile tea bitter and produce more tannins in the tea. There are also lots of videos on youtube about how to make chamomile tea. ☺
We have what is believed to be chamomile growing in the alleys where we live. It gets about 3 feet high has daisey looking small flowers. We picked a bunch last year & dried flowers with the stems. We make tea seems to be okay. We let it dry in the sun on picnic table.
how to dry
Do you sell Chamomile seeds? If you do I will totally buy it from you (I tried buying the tea hoping that the seeds were inside, it didn't worked :/
Once I harvest my chamomile I soak it in cold water for a min and drain, I keep repeating until water is clear...I do this because of the tiny little bugs that come out. They dry fine afterwards and only take 4 or 5 days at most....does this affect the taste afterwards?
You should figure it out
@@pizzasplace6379 don't believe I was asking you the question and 11 months later I really don't give a flying fk!
Madami yan sa tabi tabi dto eh
my seedlings are drooping, i might have waited too long to transplant them
ik this is off topic, but do u can?? and if so have u made a video on it?
We do can! We have a video on canning beans, pears, and a few other things.
MIgardener | Simple Organic Gardening & Sustainable Living Awesome!!!! My husband and I r going to do this for the first time this!! Wish us luck lol!!!😊
love and peace GOOD LUCK! I always do peaches, tomatoes, tomato sauce and salsa! It's so yummy! You're going to love having food all year long!
Is that a John Collier shirt you are wearing?
Can you replant the dried chamomile flower heads and regrow the plant?
You can! Just take your freshly harvested flowers, dry completely and store in a glass jar in a cool place until Spring so that they don’t dry out too much. We constantly bury deadheads here to replant successfully. So fun!
This method works with most flowers.
Available this flowers gilgit baltistan
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Why aren't we seeing Sindy lately?
I thought it was Chris Pratt from the LEGO movie when the video started
Do you have some chamomile tea seeds to grow because l love growing plants please Can you give me if you have please
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luke can i get that shirt on you website?
Pakno ginagawa lang na min yang korona kono nung bata pa ko ehhh may silbi pala yan hhahahah
did you also call yourself Larry on a video on how to grow vanilla beans for some reason I feel a little deceived haha
No, I was working for a company called larry's.
MIgardener | Simple Organic Gardening & Sustainable Living
Why would you feel deceived? He did work for a company for that name and I have watched his awsome videos. Glad he's saving his knowledge and talent for his own company. Luke, may the Nature Force be with you 🌴
Thank you! I've never grown chamomile but now I want too!