Hey guys. A fellow Kentuckian here. Lòve you guys. Just to let you know, Rain Country grows Marshmallow. She has several videos on what to do with it. She just made a new one. Hope this helps.
Yes stevia is easy to grow. You can grow it in a pot and bring it in for winter. It stops growing, but when spring/summer comes and you put it back outside it comes back. Pineapple sage is another plant that you can grow this way and it is a beautiful plant. Thank you for sharing your tea garden plants!!!
Jenn you're a woman after my own heart lol!!! A suggestion for you is look into buying the book called Back to Eden. It has almost every known herbal remedy and the form in which to use and the dosage!!!!! Mind you the book was written years ago when enemas were popular so look over that part lol. Also if you could speak with a native elder they have priceless knowledge on all things naturally curable from years and years of experience passed down. I absolutely love herbs and I pray we can have a tea garden as well. It's really been hard with such a big family (6 going on 7 people come june) getting back up after loosing everything in our house fire. We just hold faith and keep dreaming.
I have dwarf mornings,my tree died in frost,I will plant some more,but where did you get the regular mornings seeds from, I really would like to grow the non dwarf 1
I'm stepping up my stuff too this year! I can't wait! Thanks for sharing. It's such a great feeling finding this community knowing I'm not weird planning garden this early. Everyone used to say I was crazy for that lol
Give the cone flowers time, they may show up this year. The licorice basil with echinacea and fennel are good for respiratory teas. L-lysine is great for cold sores. It’s an amino acid and you can get it over the counter. Love y’all and your channel.
Hello from TN! L-Lysine is wonderful for any of the herpes viruses, which includes Shingles. It runs along nerves. I don't have a flare up as long as I stay on L-lysine! I wouldn't be surprised to find out that it's good for Chicken Pox! It's best to take daily to keep it at bay. I've had Chicken Pox 4 times! The first time really bad. The last time I was in my 50's! But I'm a very unique individual, I've NEVER had a vaccination of any kind. I was the last of 8 children, and fell through the cracks! My system is very strong!
Rita McCartt-Kordon my goodness, 4 times! I didn’t even know that was possible! Yes ma’am I would say you have a heck of an immune system. I started my mom on l-lysine years ago for cold sores and it has been a game changer for her. I have never had one but I know they are painful. I wish you a healthy and abundant new year 😃
*I plant Lavender, Rosemary and Peppermint around my chicken coop to keep our bugs and mice. * I use Maranga powder in my smoothies. I ordered it off Amazon but I’d love to grow my own. *I think Comfrey might be an interesting one for me to try. *I have to research everything and talk to my nephrologist before I can try new things because of my kidney disease. *I love that you explained what each one is used for. Thank you and God bless, Carol B
Wonderful to hear all about your choices. I love tea and herbs. Looking forward to growing more this next year. I like the fact that several are companion plants and deterrents for pests and unwanted animals. Thanks for sharing ❤
I Love your channel so much!! I Love it that you can always laugh at everything together!! and you Jenn & Sack work together!! I just Love you guys so much!!
HI ,FROM DONNA, plantain ,as I call it the giant banana, you can take it when green ,you put it into a bag and store it until it turns yellow is black ,til it looks like it's rotten ,then you fry it with either cooking oil or butter and the taste will vary ,but they are really good.
I have about 600 sq feet of tea/medicinal garden. I LOVE it. Most people want to grow cucumbers and tomatoes. BUT I want to grow food so spices to cook those tomatoes and cuces with is just as important!! Note Fennel is great in stir fry if you get the one that bulbs out. But the leaf part taiste like licorice too.
Perfect this is going to be my second year tea garden. My husband gave me his list of what he wants in my garden and tea Garden and he has said (don't bother me with that stuff) Now he won't give me my seed catalogue. He wants stativa sweetener also, Now he thinks it's all his idea. I love him... lol
So excited! I’ll be growing a tea garden this year because of you guys! Purchased the MI Gardner tea garden kit, and plan on adding a few things To it as well. 😍
My lavender didn't get very big and no blooms am hoping it makes it through winter and does better next summer! I love all the mints too..right now I have a pot of chocolate mint and one of peppermint growing in my kitchen for the winter. Really enjoy your videos and that little face peeking between you both with his arms around you was just so precious 💜💜💜
I grew Thai Holy Basil this year. For as awesome as it smells fresh, it's beautiful with lemon balm as tea. You have to grow Roselle!! It's so good in tea and is beautiful in the garden and you can added the calyx in tea for zinger tea...packed with vitamin C. I make lemon balm infused honey. It takes 8 weeks to finish but worth the wait.
I'm not a big tea drinker but once in a while I'll have a cup. I just like growing all the different plants they smell so good. I dry some and make potpourri out of them. I'm in Ariz. and in the summer I but especially lemon balm in my car and it smells so heavenly
This year is the first year I've intentionally harvested and dried my fresh herbs. Now I'm hooked on growing more herbs! I have several in pots, but this year I'm planning to expand a whole area in my yard for herbs only. Your videos on teas has been very interesting and enjoyable. What great information y'all have been sharing and I really appreciate it. I'm growing Valerian root this year, great for relaxation and sleep. I'm still making my list and buying new seeds for spring. Woo hoo! Come on spring! Thanks y'all, stay sweet and blessings to you and your family. Merry Christmas!
Last summer I grew six kinds of basil, to see what would be my favorites, and Lime Basil is at the top of the list. Holy Basil is wonderful (there are a few kinds!), a plain basil will also make the cut this year, and Baker Creek sent me an Opal Basil, so I'll try that. Chives are wonderful, once they get going you can just keep dividing them and end up with a whole giant row. I use them now to make Chive Oil (from That 1870s Homestead TH-cam channel!). I have had no luck with Echinacea, either starting several varieties from seed to buying transplants. Careful with fennel! It does not play well with others, especially once it blooms. I lost an entire BED to fennel this summer, only brassicas and mustard greens would grow near it. It was gorgeous, the pollinators came from all over for it, but letting parsley go to flower does the same thing without scaring off the other plants. My new little fennel bulbs are now in a very large tree-sized pot. Going to go to town on lemon balm, lots of loved ones with cold sores, thanks for sharing that tip!
(Musa paradisiaca) is the banana type Plantain and (Plantago Major) is the herb. I make Stevia extract for my Lyme. Combining Yarrow, Plantain, and Comfrey make an awesome salve. Love your Channel. Thank you for sharing!
Nice video for the tea garden. I love your content. I haven't seen any other channel with this information. Jenn, wish I could be your neighbor and glean more of your experience with herbs for cooking and making tinctures. Both you and your husband keep the positive comments coming and I love seeing both of you interacting on the information you share. I am trying to learn as much as I can about homesteading before we find our own place with acreage. Thanks so much for the encouragement.
I bought a lavender plant because I didn't have any luck with the seeds, put it in a big pot, and it was a little slow to start but then it took off. I'm also going to try cinnamon basil this year as well as my lemon and sweet basil. I love my herbs!
I am so going to do this! Lavender, lemon, basil, and add dehydrated bits of fruits to my blends. Apples, oranges, mango, berries You have inspired me ⛄️
Jenn, moringa can take a while to germinate so don't give up on it. In Central Florida mine doesn't like our very mild winter so might want the option to move it indoors during your cold months. My favorite tea that I grow is fresh choc mint, lemon grass and ginger. I drink it everyday for the most part mint grows year round because I have it growing in 2 ft of wood chips but I do make a tea concentrate and freeze it in ice cube trays just in case. I hate being without it! Thanks for sharing as always 🌻
You will not be disappointed with the Holy Basil. It is prolific. You'll probably never have to plant it again. It smells AMAZING! Bees love it. And, yes, it makes great tea. Also, try Roselle (hibiscus) for tea. They are beautiful and kind of look like the okra flower (same family). If you have a fig tree...dry some leaves and make some tea. It's WONDERFUL! I had no idea until I read up on it but, it's great for blood sugar and it tastes great. Great video!!
Love all your helpful tips. I use dandelions to make jelly (Also honeysuckle and clover). We are buying a very small farm (1.95 acres) and have started planning and ordering seeds for our garden.
I bought a pack of Bee Balm seeds from Baker's Creek and when it arrived, I realized that the lovely purple flowers in our back pasture have a name! lol
Absolutely my favorite video yet. I dehydrated a lot if my herbs too. It’s the greatest gift you can give yourself and does not require a ton of room;) looking forward to grow a bunch more this year. I need to get my hands on some comfrey;) I have MORINGA seed but it the MORINGA oliefera the larger tree form. I’m looking forward to starting a couple in the greenhouse this year.
Almond lavender biscotti are soooo goooood! 😍 And they're perfect for bringing some summer into the middle of the winter if you like me live in country with about four hours of daylight during the winter months........ and rosepetal tea ❤ But lemon verbena is my favourite tea herb in the summer!
i have garlic and regular chives. they do take a bit to get going. seems like a year..but now i have to constantly harvest ad or tin them like mint. Love my tea in the winter
MORINGA is called the tree of life, it's a healing plant, i make my own capsules good stuff, love herbs and making my own teas and meds, yarrow is great for toothache also, can't wait to see your garden
This is amazing. So glad that you both made this, I was just thinking of doing a tea garden. Hearing you go on and on about the different herbs makes me that more enthusiastic about getting my own up and going. ♡God Bless♡
Back in the 1950s when I was a little girl, I used to go out in the early spring with my grandmother to pick the first dandelion leaves of the season. We would cook and eat them. My grandmother said she and her family had always done this as it was considered a "spring tonic".
Lavender is slow. Need a plant that's several years old to use it. When we get talking herbs and salad greens, I am reminded that most people, if cut off from society, would starve while being surrounded by food. Clover is a tasty herb for salads and teas. 3rd option for teas is a French press.
Wild Dandelions make good teas. Rose petals and hips dried 🌹I like the mint family very easy to grow and a number of flavors. Of course local honey with the hot teas. 👍🏻
I thought this video was all hers. LOL you were going to smile and nod your head. LOL. I do the same thing. My wife starts the story and I make sure she gets all the details in. Great video. You two compliment each other very well.
I love herbs too and use them regularly. I think I may try moringa this spring and I'm trying to start some stevia and rosa rugosa(for the hips) in the greenhouse right now. I started this spring 2019 since I moved to TN Fall of 2018. I brought a few things with me from IN when I moved(ostrich fern, gooseberry, comfrey and iris) but I started most of rest from seed(lemon balm, coneflower, thyme, lavender, hyssop, sage, lemon bee balm, rosemary, hibiscus, lemon grass, lemon eucalyptus, chamomile, chives and three basil typed. I got peppermint, purslane and elderberry from starts and bought a yaupon holly(only N.American caffein source). I have mountain mint, yarrow, st john's wort, blue and red lobelia and joe pye weed and boneset growing wild everywhere. I also have three types of pine, one has lemony smelling needles that's good in tea. I had marshmallow back in IN but never used it, two other herbs I had before that I want to start are horehound and pennyroyal(very good medicinals). My favorite Herb book is "A Modern Herbal" by Mrs. M. Grieve. Happy Herbaling (is that even a word?...lol)
Ok I just gotta tell ya.... I love you 2 so much. Your video's are always fun and lots of great info. I grew lemon balm last year. I love it so much. It's so good infused in water with basil and a slice of orange. Thanks for sharing your tea garden ideas with us. 😍
I am excited for the tea garden!!! Marshmallow root is great for congestion. Comfrey is supposed to be good for fence lines to keep weeds down totally trying that. Jenn please video when you make salves and other herbal remedies. Oh and dehydrating herbs in a paper bag in your car works great!! Just in case someone doesn't have a dehydrator...dried all my herbs that way last summer. Thanks so much for the motivation!!!
There is a plantain that grows in most yards (wide leaf and narrow leaf) the Native Americans called it"White mans footprint" because it can be found in your yard, around barns, plowed fields any where the ground has been disturbed. It can be used in salves for burns, scratches, ect. I have used it for sever burns yes I have scares but it reieved the pain and was totally healed over in 2 or 3 days. it is great stuff. Another great herb (weed) is mullein, it grows in pastures mainly around here (Okl. and Mo.)it is used for respiratory problems and mucus, keep it in a tea or mix it with another tea half and half. I love it. Another weed/ herb is the purple mint another wild plant that grows in fence rows and edges of timber(woods) it can be boiled and used as a steam treatment for allergies. (put your head over the pan of steaming water with the mint still in it, cover your head and pan with a towel and breath deep.) another to use it is to crush a few leaves in your hand and rub them in your skin (face, not eyes, arms, legs ect.) to keep mosquitos off of you and far enough away that you can't even hear them, it's great. Sorry this is long. This is my passion.
Jen- my purple coneflower thrives on neglect. I planted it in full sun in an area I rarely water. Never have amended the soul except adding crushed leaves every year or two. If you need seeds I have tons
Jen, you’ve convinced me.... ok ok ok I’ll grow a tea garden too lol... so looking forward to growing this spring! Plant Spearmint, and chamomile.. together they make the absolute best Tea ever! ♥️❤️♥️❤️
Jenn - raw fennel tastes very much like black licorice. I don't really like the taste of it raw, but it is very good roasted. I quarter it and roast it in the oven with some olive oil. The roasting mellows the sharp licorice taste. I would love to see videos of your various salves and tinctures.
when i was gardening, I grew several "aggressive" herbs, but I never had any problems because like you, i kept them cut back. Also, it was manageable because it was rather small, maybe 3x20 feet and separate from the vegetables. I really loved the pineapple basil and the holy basil. The mint favorite was apple mint and lemon balm were favorites, too. My lavender always failed, it's the heat in our zone, I think. Two of my very favorite cooking herbs were both the winter and summer savories. They are so darn good and perfects any meat or savory dish. There have been studies re: st. john wort from European medical schools, especially in Germany. Studies showed high efficacy for the treatment of mild to medium depression and anxiety. The dosage is available online. Dandelion Leaf and Root are so great. Leaf is a mild diuretic, and with the root is very good for blood pressure control. When you do the research, it is amazing the wonders herbs can do. Sometimes used as an infusion and sometimes as a decoction. Loved this one, Jenn. Thanks so much.
Sage can stay in the ground and will get bigger every year. Lavender likes sandy soil, because it doesn’t like to have wet feet. Good to plant on a sandy mound.
Hi guys. I am watching this and you mention marshmallow. It's so funny. Heidi @Rain County just put out a video this morning on marshmallow. She loves marshmallow root. Can't wait to see your enlarged herb garden. 😀💖
Fennel is so good for tummy upset and gas, soothing the intestinal tract and helping to heal the intestinal lining. It's so gentle that even baby's can have little bits of it when their thummies full of gas and upset. It does taste lie a light licorice......great if you like that flavor. :)
My son loves the lime basil and lemon balm tea with a little honey. It is such a good combination! You should try the Tulsi holy basil it is a power house for anxiety and it is a great adaptogen.
We always found wild mint by the creek when I was a kid. You have your little pond, maybe it's near that? Fennel is great in red sauce. It needs to be cooked for awhile to release the flavor. Not sure the little ones would like it though. This is a fun vlog!
The way your children react to you, it's obvious they feel loved and secure. That's a wonderful thing to see in a child. Keep it up, Mom and Dad.
You guys are so sweet. ❤️
Hey guys. A fellow Kentuckian here. Lòve you guys. Just to let you know, Rain Country grows Marshmallow. She has several videos on what to do with it. She just made a new one. Hope this helps.
Jenn: "We've got a whole pasture of bee balm." Zach: "We do?" And thus ensues every conversation I have with my husband. 😂
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PQSusan SD my husband suggests that we try growing things that are right outside justa growing away 😆
Jen, you are a natural herbalist.
Y’all are just precious 💙
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Tulsi is my favorite herbal tea. Fantastic flavor.
Yes stevia is easy to grow. You can grow it in a pot and bring it in for winter. It stops growing, but when spring/summer comes and you put it back outside it comes back. Pineapple sage is another plant that you can grow this way and it is a beautiful plant. Thank you for sharing your tea garden plants!!!
Started my Tea Garden and am ready to learn and grow more! I’m so glad I found your channel! Y’all are too cute! 🥰
Jenn you're a woman after my own heart lol!!! A suggestion for you is look into buying the book called Back to Eden. It has almost every known herbal remedy and the form in which to use and the dosage!!!!! Mind you the book was written years ago when enemas were popular so look over that part lol. Also if you could speak with a native elder they have priceless knowledge on all things naturally curable from years and years of experience passed down. I absolutely love herbs and I pray we can have a tea garden as well. It's really been hard with such a big family (6 going on 7 people come june) getting back up after loosing everything in our house fire. We just hold faith and keep dreaming.
I enjoyed the lemon basil as a tea with honey
I have dwarf mornings,my tree died in frost,I will plant some more,but where did you get the regular mornings seeds from, I really would like to grow the non dwarf 1
I'm stepping up my stuff too this year! I can't wait! Thanks for sharing. It's such a great feeling finding this community knowing I'm not weird planning garden this early. Everyone used to say I was crazy for that lol
Give the cone flowers time, they may show up this year. The licorice basil with echinacea and fennel are good for respiratory teas. L-lysine is great for cold sores. It’s an amino acid and you can get it over the counter. Love y’all and your channel.
Hello from TN! L-Lysine is wonderful for any of the herpes viruses, which includes Shingles. It runs along nerves. I don't have a flare up as long as I stay on L-lysine! I wouldn't be surprised to find out that it's good for Chicken Pox! It's best to take daily to keep it at bay. I've had Chicken Pox 4 times! The first time really bad. The last time I was in my 50's! But I'm a very unique individual, I've NEVER had a vaccination of any kind. I was the last of 8 children, and fell through the cracks! My system is very strong!
Rita McCartt-Kordon my goodness, 4 times! I didn’t even know that was possible! Yes ma’am I would say you have a heck of an immune system. I started my mom on l-lysine years ago for cold sores and it has been a game changer for her. I have never had one but I know they are painful. I wish you a healthy and abundant new year 😃
*I plant Lavender, Rosemary and Peppermint around my chicken coop to keep our bugs and mice.
* I use Maranga powder in my smoothies. I ordered it off Amazon but I’d love to grow my own.
*I think Comfrey might be an interesting one for me to try.
*I have to research everything and talk to my nephrologist before I can try new things because of my kidney disease.
*I love that you explained what each one is used for. Thank you and God bless, Carol B
Wonderful to hear all about your choices. I love tea and herbs. Looking forward to growing more this next year. I like the fact that several are companion plants and deterrents for pests and unwanted animals. Thanks for sharing ❤
I Love your channel so much!!
I Love it that you can always laugh at everything together!! and you Jenn & Sack work together!! I just Love you guys so much!!
Oh, goody gumdrops! Thank you. ❄️♥️❄️
I never had a tea garden before.
One of my dreams is to own a tea garden. So I can grow and drink my own tea.
Thank you both, great information. I know I have watched this video at least twice.
I clicked on this video bc you looked so excited to share your tea :) thanks for your video
I just ordered your campfire tea. Got a camping trip with all the kids Oct 20. Excited to sip this by the fire with my grown kids. Lots of Love
HI ,FROM DONNA, plantain ,as I call it the giant banana, you can take it when green ,you put it into a bag and store it until it turns yellow is black ,til it looks like it's rotten ,then you fry it with either cooking oil or butter and the taste will vary ,but they are really good.
Good morning 🌞 have a blessed day 🙏
You two are the cutest most inspirational people. I am from Ohio, so we are close for hardiness. Thanks for being local!
My goodness! Your herb knowledge is amazing! I’m going to have to watch this again and hope I can grow even half of your list this year :)
Hi. Do you watch Heidi@Rain Country. She does so many herbs and fermenting. I love her videos. 💖
Jenn you are going to inspire a whole bunch of people to grow more herbs!
I have about 600 sq feet of tea/medicinal garden. I LOVE it. Most people want to grow cucumbers and tomatoes. BUT I want to grow food so spices to cook those tomatoes and cuces with is just as important!!
Note Fennel is great in stir fry if you get the one that bulbs out.
But the leaf part taiste like licorice too.
Perfect this is going to be my second year tea garden. My husband gave me his list of what he wants in my garden and tea Garden and he has said (don't bother me with that stuff) Now he won't give me my seed catalogue. He wants stativa sweetener also,
Now he thinks it's all his idea. I love him... lol
So excited! I’ll be growing a tea garden this year because of you guys! Purchased the MI Gardner tea garden kit, and plan on adding a few things To it as well. 😍
Thank you! Have a cozy week! Love you guys! 🌸
Jen-last Christmas I made lavender bath salts for gifts. I used bath salts, dried lavender leaves and lavender oil. It smelled so wonderful
My lavender didn't get very big and no blooms am hoping it makes it through winter and does better next summer! I love all the mints too..right now I have a pot of chocolate mint and one of peppermint growing in my kitchen for the winter. Really enjoy your videos and that little face peeking between you both with his arms around you was just so precious 💜💜💜
Yes plantain is a green banana! We Cubans eat those a lot in different ways. You need to cook it first, mostly fried it! Really good and healthy! 👌
y"all are adorable!!! This was such a fun & informative video! Thanks!
Fennel tea is my favorite daily tea.
I grew Thai Holy Basil this year. For as awesome as it smells fresh, it's beautiful with lemon balm as tea. You have to grow Roselle!! It's so good in tea and is beautiful in the garden and you can added the calyx in tea for zinger tea...packed with vitamin C. I make lemon balm infused honey. It takes 8 weeks to finish but worth the wait.
I'm not a big tea drinker but once in a while I'll have a cup. I just like growing all the different plants they smell so good. I dry some and make potpourri out of them. I'm in Ariz. and in the summer I but especially lemon balm in my car and it smells so heavenly
Thank you guys 💖
Thanks for sharing your tea garden herbs with us! I’ve ordered a lot of the same for my own tea garden this spring!
This year is the first year I've intentionally harvested and dried my fresh herbs. Now I'm hooked on growing more herbs! I have several in pots, but this year I'm planning to expand a whole area in my yard for herbs only. Your videos on teas has been very interesting and enjoyable. What great information y'all have been sharing and I really appreciate it. I'm growing Valerian root this year, great for relaxation and sleep. I'm still making my list and buying new seeds for spring. Woo hoo! Come on spring! Thanks y'all, stay sweet and blessings to you and your family. Merry Christmas!
Last summer I grew six kinds of basil, to see what would be my favorites, and Lime Basil is at the top of the list. Holy Basil is wonderful (there are a few kinds!), a plain basil will also make the cut this year, and Baker Creek sent me an Opal Basil, so I'll try that. Chives are wonderful, once they get going you can just keep dividing them and end up with a whole giant row. I use them now to make Chive Oil (from That 1870s Homestead TH-cam channel!). I have had no luck with Echinacea, either starting several varieties from seed to buying transplants. Careful with fennel! It does not play well with others, especially once it blooms. I lost an entire BED to fennel this summer, only brassicas and mustard greens would grow near it. It was gorgeous, the pollinators came from all over for it, but letting parsley go to flower does the same thing without scaring off the other plants. My new little fennel bulbs are now in a very large tree-sized pot. Going to go to town on lemon balm, lots of loved ones with cold sores, thanks for sharing that tip!
(Musa paradisiaca) is the banana type Plantain and (Plantago Major) is the herb. I make Stevia extract for my Lyme. Combining Yarrow, Plantain, and Comfrey make an awesome salve. Love your Channel. Thank you for sharing!
Our son just cooked a chicken with lemon and fennel and it was so tender and delicious!
Also would love to see videos on how to make said tinctures and balms.
Look back in their archives. I did watch Jen make tinctures with her herbs this past year
@@dawne6936 thanks hun 😊. I did after I posted that and found some.
Nice video for the tea garden. I love your content. I haven't seen any other channel with this information. Jenn, wish I could be your neighbor and glean more of your experience with herbs for cooking and making tinctures. Both you and your husband keep the positive comments coming and I love seeing both of you interacting on the information you share. I am trying to learn as much as I can about homesteading before we find our own place with acreage. Thanks so much for the encouragement.
I'll bet this tea garden is going to be absolutely beautiful! Can't wait to get mine started this year.
I bought a lavender plant because I didn't have any luck with the seeds, put it in a big pot, and it was a little slow to start but then it took off. I'm also going to try cinnamon basil this year as well as my lemon and sweet basil. I love my herbs!
I am so going to do this! Lavender, lemon, basil, and add dehydrated bits of fruits to my blends. Apples, oranges, mango, berries
You have inspired me ⛄️
Jenn, moringa can take a while to germinate so don't give up on it. In Central Florida mine doesn't like our very mild winter so might want the option to move it indoors during your cold months. My favorite tea that I grow is fresh choc mint, lemon grass and ginger. I drink it everyday for the most part mint grows year round because I have it growing in 2 ft of wood chips but I do make a tea concentrate and freeze it in ice cube trays just in case. I hate being without it! Thanks for sharing as always 🌻
Wow. Thanks for all the information. Made a list lol❤❤
You will not be disappointed with the Holy Basil. It is prolific. You'll probably never have to plant it again. It smells AMAZING! Bees love it. And, yes, it makes great tea. Also, try Roselle (hibiscus) for tea. They are beautiful and kind of look like the okra flower (same family). If you have a fig tree...dry some leaves and make some tea. It's WONDERFUL! I had no idea until I read up on it but, it's great for blood sugar and it tastes great. Great video!!
Love all your helpful tips. I use dandelions to make jelly (Also honeysuckle and clover). We are buying a very small farm (1.95 acres) and have started planning and ordering seeds for our garden.
I bought a pack of Bee Balm seeds from Baker's Creek and when it arrived, I realized that the lovely purple flowers in our back pasture have a name! lol
Absolutely my favorite video yet. I dehydrated a lot if my herbs too. It’s the greatest gift you can give yourself and does not require a ton of room;) looking forward to grow a bunch more this year. I need to get my hands on some comfrey;) I have MORINGA seed but it the MORINGA oliefera the larger tree form. I’m looking forward to starting a couple in the greenhouse this year.
Jenn
Your Awesome 👍🏻😘
God Bless you sweetie😇
Almond lavender biscotti are soooo goooood! 😍 And they're perfect for bringing some summer into the middle of the winter if you like me live in country with about four hours of daylight during the winter months........ and rosepetal tea ❤
But lemon verbena is my favourite tea herb in the summer!
I have 3 plants of lemon balm! I love it!
Great video! I'm looking forward to starting my own herb garden this year! Thank you!
i have garlic and regular chives. they do take a bit to get going. seems like a year..but now i have to constantly harvest ad or tin them like mint. Love my tea in the winter
MORINGA is called the tree of life, it's a healing plant, i make my own capsules good stuff, love herbs and making my own teas and meds, yarrow is great for toothache also, can't wait to see your garden
This is amazing. So glad that you both made this, I was just thinking of doing a tea garden. Hearing you go on and on about the different herbs makes me that more enthusiastic about getting my own up and going. ♡God Bless♡
Tips on fennel, it is a perennial and it taste like black licorice, just not as strong. It also gets quite big, tall shrub sized.
Hi, I was sent by prairie girl and Cowboy. Glad to find you all.
Back in the 1950s when I was a little girl, I used to go out in the early spring with my grandmother to pick the first dandelion leaves of the season. We would cook and eat them. My grandmother said she and her family had always done this as it was considered a "spring tonic".
Patricia Bragg boy that brings back some memories. My grandma made a warm dandelion salad. She also made dandelion wine. Not sure how that tasted! Lol
Makes me excited to start the herb garden this year! We drink tea every day so will be fun to make our own homegrown ☕️ tea. 🤩-Dede
Lavender is slow. Need a plant that's several years old to use it.
When we get talking herbs and salad greens, I am reminded that most people, if cut off from society, would starve while being surrounded by food.
Clover is a tasty herb for salads and teas.
3rd option for teas is a French press.
Great, I never about mixing some together . Can't wait to get started.
I love herbs 🌿 😍
Wild Dandelions make good teas. Rose petals and hips dried 🌹I like the mint family very easy to grow and a number of flavors. Of course local honey with the hot teas. 👍🏻
I thought this video was all hers. LOL you were going to smile and nod your head. LOL. I do the same thing. My wife starts the story and I make sure she gets all the details in. Great video. You two compliment each other very well.
Fennel is another one that tastes like black licorice. However!! The pollinators LOVE IT! The swallowtail butterfly caterpillars munch on it. :)
I love herbs too and use them regularly. I think I may try moringa this spring and I'm trying to start some stevia and rosa rugosa(for the hips) in the greenhouse right now. I started this spring 2019 since I moved to TN Fall of 2018. I brought a few things with me from IN when I moved(ostrich fern, gooseberry, comfrey and iris) but I started most of rest from seed(lemon balm, coneflower, thyme, lavender, hyssop, sage, lemon bee balm, rosemary, hibiscus, lemon grass, lemon eucalyptus, chamomile, chives and three basil typed. I got peppermint, purslane and elderberry from starts and bought a yaupon holly(only N.American caffein source). I have mountain mint, yarrow, st john's wort, blue and red lobelia and joe pye weed and boneset growing wild everywhere. I also have three types of pine, one has lemony smelling needles that's good in tea. I had marshmallow back in IN but never used it, two other herbs I had before that I want to start are horehound and pennyroyal(very good medicinals). My favorite Herb book is "A Modern Herbal" by Mrs. M. Grieve. Happy Herbaling (is that even a word?...lol)
The echinacea is a perennial, and won’t be ready to harvest till the second year
Ok I just gotta tell ya.... I love you 2 so much. Your video's are always fun and lots of great info. I grew lemon balm last year. I love it so much. It's so good infused in water with basil and a slice of orange. Thanks for sharing your tea garden ideas with us. 😍
Great informational video, guys!
I am excited for the tea garden!!! Marshmallow root is great for congestion. Comfrey is supposed to be good for fence lines to keep weeds down totally trying that. Jenn please video when you make salves and other herbal remedies. Oh and dehydrating herbs in a paper bag in your car works great!! Just in case someone doesn't have a dehydrator...dried all my herbs that way last summer. Thanks so much for the motivation!!!
I have moringa for the first time. I put it in soup and I dehydrated it!! Great for tea ☕️
There is a plantain that grows in most yards (wide leaf and narrow leaf) the Native Americans called it"White mans footprint" because it can be found in your yard, around barns, plowed fields any where the ground has been disturbed. It can be used in salves for burns, scratches, ect. I have used it for sever burns yes I have scares but it reieved the pain and was totally healed over in 2 or 3 days. it is great stuff. Another great herb (weed) is mullein, it grows in pastures mainly around here (Okl. and Mo.)it is used for respiratory problems and mucus, keep it in a tea or mix it with another tea half and half. I love it. Another weed/ herb is the purple mint another wild plant that grows in fence rows and edges of timber(woods) it can be boiled and used as a steam treatment for allergies. (put your head over the pan of steaming water with the mint still in it, cover your head and pan with a towel and breath deep.) another to use it is to crush a few leaves in your hand and rub them in your skin (face, not eyes, arms, legs ect.) to keep mosquitos off of you and far enough away that you can't even hear them, it's great. Sorry this is long. This is my passion.
Lavender is used in French cooking too!
Jen- my purple coneflower thrives on neglect. I planted it in full sun in an area I rarely water. Never have amended the soul except adding crushed leaves every year or two. If you need seeds I have tons
Thanks great ideas for the garden
You have inspired me to try a tea garden this year! Thank you!
Jen, you’ve convinced me.... ok ok ok I’ll grow a tea garden too lol... so looking forward to growing this spring! Plant Spearmint, and chamomile.. together they make the absolute best Tea ever! ♥️❤️♥️❤️
Thanks for help you got looking at my stuff
Marry Christmas from Arkansas
Jenn - raw fennel tastes very much like black licorice. I don't really like the taste of it raw, but it is very good roasted. I quarter it and roast it in the oven with some olive oil. The roasting mellows the sharp licorice taste. I would love to see videos of your various salves and tinctures.
Echinacea needs cold, moist stratification in order to grow. You might be surprised and see last year’s seeds come up this year.
When I was in central minn, I had some come back every year in the asparagus beds (I didn't know it was madicinal)
when i was gardening, I grew several "aggressive" herbs, but I never had any problems because like you, i kept them cut back. Also, it was manageable because it was rather small, maybe 3x20 feet and separate from the vegetables. I really loved the pineapple basil and the holy basil. The mint favorite was apple mint and lemon balm were favorites, too. My lavender always failed, it's the heat in our zone, I think. Two of my very favorite cooking herbs were both the winter and summer savories. They are so darn good and perfects any meat or savory dish.
There have been studies re: st. john wort from European medical schools, especially in Germany. Studies showed high efficacy for the treatment of mild to medium depression and anxiety. The dosage is available online. Dandelion Leaf and Root are so great. Leaf is a mild diuretic, and with the root is very good for blood pressure control. When you do the research, it is amazing the wonders herbs can do. Sometimes used as an infusion and sometimes as a decoction.
Loved this one, Jenn. Thanks so much.
At Johns wort is one of my favourite to make tinctures with, amazing anti viral and if you make an oil with it it’s great for stiff sore muscles 🌿
Sage can stay in the ground and will get bigger every year. Lavender likes sandy soil, because it doesn’t like to have wet feet. Good to plant on a sandy mound.
Fennel is great for tummy’s and lactation.
Looking forward to watching your tea garden grow. I have lemon balm spreading all over my yard, need to start using it.
Hi guys. I am watching this and you mention marshmallow. It's so funny. Heidi @Rain County just put out a video this morning on marshmallow. She loves marshmallow root. Can't wait to see your enlarged herb garden. 😀💖
Good choice to plant your own yarrow. It is easy to confuse yarrow to hemlock which IS poisionous in the wild.
Two Wild Onions Homestead just made more homemade neosporin yesterday with some of my yarrow and calendula. I will always have it in my garden.
If I’m remembering correctly fennel tastes like black licorice too.
Deb Michelle Parks: yes it does! I have a quart jar of it. Made a mistake and got it instead of black tea, don’t ask how I could read that!
Pat Maier, oh yikes! We always had it in the house growing up but that was because my dad loved black licorice. Me, not so much, lol!
I like Licorice but that is too much. I was not a happy camper with a pound of fennel seed. LOL
Fennel is so good for tummy upset and gas, soothing the intestinal tract and helping to heal the intestinal lining. It's so gentle that even baby's can have little bits of it when their thummies full of gas and upset. It does taste lie a light licorice......great if you like that flavor. :)
I use it.
Apple mint. Just try if you don't already have it. Makes the best tea! 💗. Loved this video, thanks!!
My son loves the lime basil and lemon balm tea with a little honey. It is such a good combination! You should try the Tulsi holy basil it is a power house for anxiety and it is a great adaptogen.
Nice video.
Awesome stuff! Marci is all about her Tea garden also! Her favorite is the spearmint. Mine is the sage and chives!
We always found wild mint by the creek when I was a kid. You have your little pond, maybe it's near that? Fennel is great in red sauce. It needs to be cooked for awhile to release the flavor. Not sure the little ones would like it though. This is a fun vlog!
I make dandelion wine and also dandelion jelly. It is so good, you must try it.
I use my one cup coffee maker to make tea. I use the cup thing you buy to put your own coffee in.