Tea Herb Gardening
When it comes to gardening, the easiest and fastest way to see favorable results is to engage in tea herb gardening. Since herbs for teas grow like weeds, so to speak, you can actually harvest their leaves in as little as a month and off to tea land you go!
Health, Happiness and Home Benefits
With the herbs that can be made into teas, you can enjoy many benefits that you probably did not know before you planted your tea garden. Herbal teas have been used for ages to prevent and treat a variety of diseases ranging from the simple cold and cough to the more complex cancer and diabetes. This is possible because the herbs used possess antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal properties that practitioners of traditional medicine have known for ages and that are being discovered in greater detail by modern science.
Herbal teas are also known to restore the healthy balance of the mind and body. Indeed, the mere sight of lavender and chamomile tea and its refreshing smell are often sufficient to make us happy. In fact, you can mix and match different types of herbs to come up with teas that can be used for aromatherapy particularly in making us happier individuals. Also, herbal plants add color to the rooms of the house. If your living and kitchen areas are somewhat sterile, the mere sight of tea gardens on the windowsills provide for a cozy, homey atmosphere.
Herbal Teas You Can Make
Now, if you have your tea garden up and running, in a manner of speaking, here are some ideas to put them to positive use:
• Heartburn recipe - Mix about 6 ounces of peppermint leaves, fennel seeds and lemon balm leaves. Add a teaspoon of the mixture for every cup of boiling water and then let it simmer for about 5 minutes. Let it steep for 8-10 minutes and then strain the solid particles.
• Whooping cough recipe - Mix in 2 teaspoon of chopped fresh marjoram with 2 cups of boiling water. Let it steep for 15 minutes, strain the liquid and drink at room temperature. Do this twice a day for maximum efficacy.
• Diabetes tea - Combine 1 teaspoon of crushed fenugreek seeds with 1 cup of water. Cover it and leave it overnight to steep. Then in the morning, strain the seeds and drink the tea at room temperature. Drink one cup a day to help in blood sugar stabilization.
• Constipation recipe - Combine 1 teaspoon of fennel seeds with ½ cup water. Let it steep for 30 minutes in a covered container, strain and then drink at room temperature.
To make full use of the herbal plants, you need to harvest them early in the day so that they still retain their dews from the night before. Of course, you may harvest the herbs as you have them or dry them for later use. This way, you don’t waste a single leaf and twig of your tea garden, which is especially true when the first frost comes in and you have to harvest all your herbs.
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