Start an Herbal Tea Garden in Your Yard!
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Do you love a hot cup of herbal tea on a cold night? Or a glass of refreshing infused water on a hot summer day? Well, this is the video for you! Cynthia and the Modern Gardener team show you eight different plants you can use to make any cup a little snazzier. Best of all, you can grow them right in your own yard or patio. 🫖☕🌱
What’s your favorite herbal tea? Got any great tea recipes to share? Tell us in the comments below!
Time stamps:
00:00 Intro
00:53 Herbs Covered
00:59 Mint
02:49 Mint Recap
03:00 Lemon Balm
03:56 Lemon Balm Recap
04:07 Stevia
04:51 Stevia Recap
05:03 Lemongrass
05:46 Lemongrass Recap
05:58 Lemon Verbena
07:23 Lemon Verbena Recap
07:35 Tulsi Basil
08:45 Tulsi Basil Recap
08:58 Chamomile
10:55 Chamomile Recap
11:07 Lavender
13:03 Lavender Recap
13:13 Infused Water and Wrap Up
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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
@igme5760
Ай бұрын
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I cant wait to get started!!
My favorite Lemon Grass Chamomile Lavender
@ModernGardener
Ай бұрын
Do you have to replant your lemon grass each year?
I don't comment on any ones videos, I had to for you! Honey your garden is beautiful I love the rustic look!
@ModernGardener
11 ай бұрын
Awww, this is the best comment yet! Thank you!
Boutta plant a tea garden. Thank you so much!
@ModernGardener
8 ай бұрын
Go get ‘em!
Excellent video, what I needed when I needed it,.. love the card displays and descriptions of each plant. 🪴 Thank u!!
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
Жыл бұрын
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.
@dancnluc1
Жыл бұрын
@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.
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.
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!
@ashleyswansong9229
Жыл бұрын
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!
Stevia, lemon balm , mint , lemon grass, lemon verbena, Tulsi , Rama , Krishna, Kapoor, chamomile, lavender,
@ModernGardener
8 ай бұрын
Yessss! 🍃🍃🍃
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!
Loved your explanation! Pls part 2 Thank you!
I absolutely enjoyed watching this video. Thank you very much.
I want a part 2!
@ModernGardener
Жыл бұрын
Lol, we'll keep you posted!
You got me at tea garden!!! I will create one :) I love the new host and the show. Thank you for the ideas ❤️
@ModernGardener
Жыл бұрын
We're so glad! Let us know if you end up trying out any of these herbs!
@makeoversbymeme2077
Жыл бұрын
Same 😊😍
This is the best. You are a wealth of knowledge!
Super the garden and Natur tea, super Video for your
Beautiful I’m staring my own herbal and spices garden at home. I’m looking forward to it being fully mature.
@ModernGardener
6 ай бұрын
Wonderful!
Totally freezing my mint! Great idea
@ModernGardener
Жыл бұрын
Minty goodness all year long! 🍵
Thankyou for this video
You have the most beautiful garden
@ModernGardener
9 ай бұрын
Thank you! It’s a labor of love!
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
@ModernGardener
4 ай бұрын
Thanks, Erin! I know, isn’t that a great tip on picking your chamomile sooner than later? Glad we could inspire you.
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. 😂
Wowwwwww❤ i love your garden❤❤❤
@ModernGardener
10 ай бұрын
Thank you!!!
I LOVE THIS VIDEO.
@ModernGardener
3 ай бұрын
Thank you!!!! So glad you do.
Well, you convinced me. I just bought some herbs!
@ModernGardener
Жыл бұрын
Woohoo! What did you buy?!
@realstatistician
Жыл бұрын
@@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.
Yaaassss!!!! All the hints! Thank you!
Tea garden! Love it!
Great video, very comprehensive and inspiring, thanks!
@ModernGardener
3 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
your garden is so beautiful ! so excited to get more into gardening :))))
The is very informative. Thank you.
So much great knowledge you shared! I wanna grow lemongrass!!!
This was so helpful. Thank you!
@ModernGardener
4 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
Ahhhhh I love this!! I am so excited to start a tea garden next year :D
@ashleyswansong9229
Жыл бұрын
Yay! DOOOO IT!
Lemon grass is my favorite
Thanks ❤
@ModernGardener
9 ай бұрын
You are welcome! 🫖
Make lavender shortbread cookies and lavender sugar yum.
@ModernGardener
6 ай бұрын
Great idea!!
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!
@ModernGardener
Жыл бұрын
So much to experiment with!
Lemon verbena is delicious
Very helpful, thank you.
@ModernGardener
6 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
Ok I’m definitely planting some herbs next summer! 😋
@ModernGardener
Жыл бұрын
Which herbs are you most excited to plant? 🪴
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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.
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.
I live in an apartment. Where would you suggest I dry my herbs?
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).
@ModernGardener
10 ай бұрын
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.
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.
@ModernGardener
4 ай бұрын
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!
@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?
@ModernGardener
Жыл бұрын
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!
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!
@ModernGardener
11 ай бұрын
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 🍃
@ModernGardener
11 ай бұрын
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.
@t.c87
11 ай бұрын
@@ModernGardener thank you
you are very beautiful. good luck !
How do you grow ginger
@ModernGardener
9 ай бұрын
Not growing any ginger :/ let us know how it goes for you!
I cant hear a thing being said.
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 !
@EMVelez
8 ай бұрын
Americans don’t pronounce the h.
@Englishroserebecca
2 ай бұрын
I think French people say erbs as well. 🤔