Im a small market farmer growing greens ans teas. Definitely trying ti wxpamd to more medicinal teas so here i am. The work us garders do is overlooked. Just promoting this culture is doing God's work! I hope everyone has a great day, may production be right around the corner
hey cynthia! you blew my mind with the chocolate mint! whoa, i said! chocolate mint?? anyway, this was such a fantastic video, very well put together! i dont think there is a greater video on to on the whole youtube! incredible!
I am new here. I love my herbs. It took me 3 years to get Lavender to grow. I love my Mint teas. Each year I grow Mint, Peppermint, Spearmint, Orange Mint, and Chocolate Mint. Now you have me curious about Apple Mint. I also grow Lemongrass, Basil, Thyme, Catnip, Rosemary, etc. I tried Chamomile but got very little. I grow my in pots except the regular Mint.
@ModernGardener I live in PA. I make a lot of fresh Mint teas, and when the weather starts to get colder, I dry it so I can use it during the winter months. I grow them in small pots except the regular mint, so I really do not get a lot. Funny everyone told me the Mint would take, but it hasn't.
I'm a huge fan already. Cynthia's garden is my garden goal. She's very knowledgeable and does a great job explaining all things garden related. I've been wanting to know what to do with all my herbs for tea and this video was perfect!
Beautiful garden. I have a few of these scattered around my food forest style garden, but I'll have to add a couple more after watching this! Lemon Verbena smells amazing. I haven't even tried it in tea yet - just rubbing the leaves is an experience. 😂
@@ModernGardener Lavender, rosemary, bee balm, spicebush, mint, a citrusy mint, and stevia! I saw lemongrass at the nursery, but the plants were all so weak that I didn’t buy one. I meant to check back again sometime, but nurseries in the spring are too crazy.
Hello. Just found your channel. Been drinking herb teas for a few years now. Started looking for a tea for 10 yr old hyper no focus son. Think I found it. Thank you.
@ModernGardener Hello. I tried skull cap,chamomile, and lemon juice with honey. He likes it better warm not cold. He drinks one cup about 7pmand that calms him for 9pm bed. Think I will try to cut out either chamomile or skull cap and try daytime. Really want to get rid of "white man medicine " I call it. Thank you for asking.
Mint comes in so many flavors! I just got ginger mint and basil mint. I’ve seen pear, banana, grapefruit, and apple mint too. And I am so glad that it’s a perennial plant. I’m also trying out the oyster leaf plant and fish mint (which isn’t a true mint).
I love herbal teas and this is great inspiration. I just started my own herb garden a short time ago. I'll have try some of these tips. Glad to know abou tthe chammomile
Spitting out the bitter was so real. Loved it. Do you have advice for a stomach that gets aches from too much warm tea? I like mild flovors and must drink a lot of hot tea for my asthma & lung issues, but then I have to take a day off from the mild pain in my stomach. Thank you. Happy New Year.
Hi FranLu! Thanks for reaching out. I really like growing lemon grass and soaking it in hot water I warm on the stove, then I’ll stain it into a pitcher and drink that cold from the fridge, or room temperature. I’ll do the same thing with my mints and other herbal teas. I also like making my own herbal mixes! And then also drink them cold or at room temp. Also, try just soaking the herbs in room temperature water for a whole day, rather than steeping them in hot, hot water. With some herbs, a room temperature soak taste different then when they’re steeped in hot water. I wonder if that will help your stomach. Are you also using good, purified water? Hope this helps!
I just found this video. I have lemon balm growing in my herb garden. Should it taste like furniture polish?🤔 If so I'm thinking I need to get it gone because that is a flavor I don't want to have to get used to.
So, for some people lemon balm and lemon grass can taste like a cleaner! Kind of similar to how some people taste soap when they eat cilantro. If you pick the young tender leaves of the lemon balm it might not be as strong and have an earthy warm aftertaste. But if you still can't get over the "cleaner" taste, it's just not your herb. ;0)
@ModernGardener - Cynthia, when you mentioned about lemongrass, you said that you would cook up a pot and then freeze it? What do you mean cook up a pot of this?
From the base of the plant, use sharp scissors to cut a bunch or handful of shoots off and brew them in a pot of simmering water for about 10 minutes. Let it cool. You can bottle, label, and freeze it! Just make sure your leaving a generous amount of room at the top of the jar so when it expands when it freezes it wont burst the jar. That way you can enjoy lemongrass tea during the colder winter months. When I drink lemongrass tea in the evening it tends to have a very calming relaxing effect. Hope this helps!
Take some cuttings in the fall and root them inside on a window sill. You can take more cuttings and root them (or use fresh) through the winter and then plant it out in the spring.
You hugged the lemon balm! We are officially friends now, and I've only known you for 4mins and 47 seconds lol 😆, quick question could you explain if you wash/rinse your herbs before drying.. or using fresh. I have a hard time believing there are no tiny bugs, or whatever on them. Your thoughts please? Thanks Bud!
Aww thanks! A big ‘ol bushel of lemon balm; you gotta just rub your whole face in it! So it depends- my lemon balm, mints, tulsi basils, lemon grass, lemon verbena, any leafy green herb like that, I’ll give it a quick rinse and gently shake them off before I lay em out to dry (like on dish towel on the counter-it’s dry here in Utah) after they dry I’ll pick them from the stems. But my lavender and chamomile I won’t rinse but just dry directly after picking. I don’t ever seem to have bugs in them, (even tiny bugs) so it’s not a problem for me. I think if there were any bugs they’d probably leave after it starts to dry too, because they’d prefer a live plant. Im sure you could rinse the flowers, and they’d do fine drying, but I never have. Hope that helps 🍃
Also! A lot of my tea /herbs are not near a curb where say someone’s dog on a walk might pee on, they’re tucked away in various places in my garden without lots of foot traffic, dust, that sorta thing, BUT if I was harvesting some from an area where they’re more exposed I’d definitely be washing them off more.
Are you in Utah? If your in an arid environment you could hang them over your counter in your kitchen and they should dry in a few days. If you have a patio you could cover them with a cheesecloth and hang them outside. During the summer, outside, they should dry in just a day or two!
It sounds to me that You actually say “erb” instead of pronouncing the “h” in front of the full word of “herb” , why is that ? Is it just an American way of lazy speech ? I am NOT American , so , I do NOT know how You People speak your American Language , I can only listen to it and it often sounds funny ,lol ! I am Not being nasty about it , just not used to it !
Stevia, lemon balm , mint , lemon grass, lemon verbena, Tulsi , Rama , Krishna, Kapoor, chamomile, lavender,
Yessss! 🍃🍃🍃
Im a small market farmer growing greens ans teas. Definitely trying ti wxpamd to more medicinal teas so here i am. The work us garders do is overlooked. Just promoting this culture is doing God's work! I hope everyone has a great day, may production be right around the corner
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My favorite
Lemon Grass
Chamomile
Lavender
Do you have to replant your lemon grass each year?
What a garden! Marvelous!
Boutta plant a tea garden. Thank you so much!
Go get ‘em!
Loved your explanation! Pls part 2 Thank you!
hey cynthia! you blew my mind with the chocolate mint! whoa, i said! chocolate mint?? anyway, this was such a fantastic video, very well put together! i dont think there is a greater video on to on the whole youtube! incredible!
I am new here. I love my herbs. It took me 3 years to get Lavender to grow. I love my Mint teas. Each year I grow Mint, Peppermint, Spearmint, Orange Mint, and Chocolate Mint. Now you have me curious about Apple Mint.
I also grow Lemongrass, Basil, Thyme, Catnip, Rosemary, etc. I tried Chamomile but got very little. I grow my in pots except the regular Mint.
What do you do with all your mint? Do you dry it? Thanks so much for sharing! Are you in Utah? Seems like herbs do well here.
@ModernGardener I live in PA. I make a lot of fresh Mint teas, and when the weather starts to get colder, I dry it so I can use it during the winter months. I grow them in small pots except the regular mint, so I really do not get a lot. Funny everyone told me the Mint would take, but it hasn't.
Thank you, great video, straight to the point and fun to watch.
I want a part 2!
Lol, we'll keep you posted!
I'm a huge fan already. Cynthia's garden is my garden goal. She's very knowledgeable and does a great job explaining all things garden related. I've been wanting to know what to do with all my herbs for tea and this video was perfect!
Awesome! So glad you found it helpful. It was fun to make. Let us know if you find any other neat way to use your herbs!
You got me at tea garden!!! I will create one :) I love the new host and the show. Thank you for the ideas ❤️
We're so glad! Let us know if you end up trying out any of these herbs!
Same 😊😍
Everyone needs at least one Moringa tree.
Epic!
This is the best. You are a wealth of knowledge!
Beautiful I’m staring my own herbal and spices garden at home. I’m looking forward to it being fully mature.
Wonderful!
Beautiful garden. I have a few of these scattered around my food forest style garden, but I'll have to add a couple more after watching this! Lemon Verbena smells amazing. I haven't even tried it in tea yet - just rubbing the leaves is an experience. 😂
I absolutely enjoyed watching this video. Thank you very much.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thankyou for this video
Super the garden and Natur tea, super Video for your
Excellent video, what I needed when I needed it,.. love the card displays and descriptions of each plant. 🪴 Thank u!!
Thank you! So glad you enjoyed the video.
This video was a perfect starter! I plan on creating a tea garden next year and I’m planning ahead to prepare. Thank you so much for your advice!
Yaaassss!!!! All the hints! Thank you!
Lemon verbena is delicious
You have the most beautiful garden
Thank you! It’s a labor of love!
We have a container infusion garden, and the kiddos LOVE to make their own teas! I never thought of Tulsi in a sweet tea. YUM!
So much to experiment with!
Lemon grass is my favorite
Ahhhhh I love this!! I am so excited to start a tea garden next year :D
Yay! DOOOO IT!
Lovely
Wowwwwww❤ i love your garden❤❤❤
Thank you!!!
I don't comment on any ones videos, I had to for you! Honey your garden is beautiful I love the rustic look!
Awww, this is the best comment yet! Thank you!
I LOVE THIS VIDEO.
Thank you!!!! So glad you do.
The is very informative. Thank you.
Great video, very comprehensive and inspiring, thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
your garden is so beautiful ! so excited to get more into gardening :))))
This was so helpful. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Well, you convinced me. I just bought some herbs!
Woohoo! What did you buy?!
@@ModernGardener Lavender, rosemary, bee balm, spicebush, mint, a citrusy mint, and stevia!
I saw lemongrass at the nursery, but the plants were all so weak that I didn’t buy one. I meant to check back again sometime, but nurseries in the spring are too crazy.
Very helpful, thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Hello. Just found your channel. Been drinking herb teas for a few years now. Started looking for a tea for 10 yr old hyper no focus son. Think I found it. Thank you.
Welcome aboard! What tea did you find for your son?!
@ModernGardener Hello. I tried skull cap,chamomile, and lemon juice with honey. He likes it better warm not cold. He drinks one cup about 7pmand that calms him for 9pm bed. Think I will try to cut out either chamomile or skull cap and try daytime. Really want to get rid of "white man medicine " I call it. Thank you for asking.
Mint comes in so many flavors!
I just got ginger mint and basil mint. I’ve seen pear, banana, grapefruit, and apple mint too.
And I am so glad that it’s a perennial plant.
I’m also trying out the oyster leaf plant and fish mint (which isn’t a true mint).
Its so lovely because it’s so good fresh, dried, in a salad dressing or marinade, but wait- fish mint?🤯 what’s it like? Ginger mint sounds amazing.
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Tea garden! Love it!
So much great knowledge you shared! I wanna grow lemongrass!!!
Make lavender shortbread cookies and lavender sugar yum.
Great idea!!
Thanks ❤
You are welcome! 🫖
I love herbal teas and this is great inspiration. I just started my own herb garden a short time ago. I'll have try some of these tips. Glad to know abou tthe chammomile
Thanks, Erin! I know, isn’t that a great tip on picking your chamomile sooner than later? Glad we could inspire you.
Spitting out the bitter was so real. Loved it. Do you have advice for a stomach that gets aches from too much warm tea? I like mild flovors and must drink a lot of hot tea for my asthma & lung issues, but then I have to take a day off from the mild pain in my stomach. Thank you. Happy New Year.
Hi FranLu! Thanks for reaching out. I really like growing lemon grass and soaking it in hot water I warm on the stove, then I’ll stain it into a pitcher and drink that cold from the fridge, or room temperature. I’ll do the same thing with my mints and other herbal teas. I also like making my own herbal mixes! And then also drink them cold or at room temp. Also, try just soaking the herbs in room temperature water for a whole day, rather than steeping them in hot, hot water. With some herbs, a room temperature soak taste different then when they’re steeped in hot water. I wonder if that will help your stomach. Are you also using good, purified water? Hope this helps!
I have lemongrass.. to dry it and bag it for some loose leaf tea, how would I do this?
I just found this video. I have lemon balm growing in my herb garden. Should it taste like furniture polish?🤔 If so I'm thinking I need to get it gone because that is a flavor I don't want to have to get used to.
So, for some people lemon balm and lemon grass can taste like a cleaner! Kind of similar to how some people taste soap when they eat cilantro. If you pick the young tender leaves of the lemon balm it might not be as strong and have an earthy warm aftertaste. But if you still can't get over the "cleaner" taste, it's just not your herb. ;0)
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I have a few herbs in my garden but I don't do good when I drink teas I pee to much and that's uncomfortable to me.
Is lemon balm good or not for low thyroid?
@ModernGardener - Cynthia, when you mentioned about lemongrass, you said that you would cook up a pot and then freeze it? What do you mean cook up a pot of this?
From the base of the plant, use sharp scissors to cut a bunch or handful of shoots off and brew them in a pot of simmering water for about 10 minutes. Let it cool. You can bottle, label, and freeze it! Just make sure your leaving a generous amount of room at the top of the jar so when it expands when it freezes it wont burst the jar. That way you can enjoy lemongrass tea during the colder winter months. When I drink lemongrass tea in the evening it tends to have a very calming relaxing effect. Hope this helps!
Take some cuttings in the fall and root them inside on a window sill.
You can take more cuttings and root them (or use fresh) through the winter and then plant it out in the spring.
You hugged the lemon balm! We are officially friends now, and I've only known you for 4mins and 47 seconds lol 😆, quick question could you explain if you wash/rinse your herbs before drying.. or using fresh. I have a hard time believing there are no tiny bugs, or whatever on them. Your thoughts please? Thanks Bud!
Aww thanks! A big ‘ol bushel of lemon balm; you gotta just rub your whole face in it! So it depends- my lemon balm, mints, tulsi basils, lemon grass, lemon verbena, any leafy green herb like that, I’ll give it a quick rinse and gently shake them off before I lay em out to dry (like on dish towel on the counter-it’s dry here in Utah) after they dry I’ll pick them from the stems. But my lavender and chamomile I won’t rinse but just dry directly after picking. I don’t ever seem to have bugs in them, (even tiny bugs) so it’s not a problem for me. I think if there were any bugs they’d probably leave after it starts to dry too, because they’d prefer a live plant. Im sure you could rinse the flowers, and they’d do fine drying, but I never have. Hope that helps 🍃
Also! A lot of my tea /herbs are not near a curb where say someone’s dog on a walk might pee on, they’re tucked away in various places in my garden without lots of foot traffic, dust, that sorta thing, BUT if I was harvesting some from an area where they’re more exposed I’d definitely be washing them off more.
@@ModernGardener thank you
I live in an apartment. Where would you suggest I dry my herbs?
Are you in Utah? If your in an arid environment you could hang them over your counter in your kitchen and they should dry in a few days. If you have a patio you could cover them with a cheesecloth and hang them outside. During the summer, outside, they should dry in just a day or two!
You could also make space in a closet and hang them in an open paper bag (to catch whatever and keep floors clean).
you are very beautiful. good luck !
How do you grow ginger
Not growing any ginger :/ let us know how it goes for you!
Hey, fix the audio.
I cant hear a thing being said.
I'm so sorry! We'll work on the audio.
It sounds to me that You actually say “erb” instead of pronouncing the “h” in front of the full word of “herb” , why is that ? Is it just an American way of lazy speech ? I am NOT American , so , I do NOT know how You People speak your American Language , I can only listen to it and it often sounds funny ,lol ! I am Not being nasty about it , just not used to it !
Americans don’t pronounce the h.
I think French people say erbs as well. 🤔
I cant wait to get started!!
Totally freezing my mint! Great idea
Minty goodness all year long! 🍵
Great inspiration thanks
Ok I’m definitely planting some herbs next summer! 😋
Which herbs are you most excited to plant? 🪴