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As you begin to plan your garden, don’t forget that you can grow your own tea. According to
Better Homes and Gardens, “A garden of perennial herbs offers attractive, easy-care plantings that have varied foliage and fragrant flowers, plus the makings for refreshing beverages year-round.”
The size of your garden doesn’t matter – a few pots to a yard with a large garden spot – there’s always room for herbs. All you need are plants, soil with a somewhat neutral pH and pots with holes in the bottoms (if you are container gardening).
Choosing your herbs can be overwhelming, as there are a plethora of choices. We’ve listed a few along with growing conditions and tea tastes (see “Garden Herbs for Tea”).
Herbs are not the only choices for your garden. Strawberries do double duty, providing not only the luscious fruit, but also a lovely tea when you infuse their leaves. To enjoy a refreshing, sweet-smelling lavender
(Lavandula vera and L. angustifolia) tea, pick and dry buds before the flowers open. Rugosa roses are undemanding in your garden and will provide striking hips for tea.
“Herbs are extremely easy to care for once they’re established; they are the perfect choice for the busy gardener,” says
Better Homes and Gardens. It’s a inexpensive experiment in gardening that gives you the extra reward of a pleasant cup of tea at the end of the day. Dig in!
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“To enjoy a refreshing,
sweet-smelling lavender tea, pick and dry
buds before the flowers open.”
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