Lemon Balm

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This pretty herb is easily grown in a pot on an indoor sunny window

ledge. Like all mint type herbs it can be invasive so best kept potted

unless you have lots of room. It is wonderful fresh or dried. Fresh

leaves steeped for a hot cup of tea or chopped in salad. Use it like

you would any mint herb.

Deanna in Colordo

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Hi,

 

Yes, you can make tea with the chamomile flowers. You can rinse

them with some cold water and then use them to make tea. I've seen

1 tsp to 1 tbsp or more used for making a cup of tea but I think that's

up to you. I usually just put some guessed at quantity in a tea ball or

an infuser that I have, 3 to 5 minutes later I take out the flowers and

add some honey. Very tasty stuff.

 

Here's a page with various and sundry tea recipes:

 

http://pages.prodigy.net/groovyskye/10.html

 

Gary

 

gsmattingly

San Francisco Bay Tri-Valley Area

USDA Zone - 9b

Sunset zone - 14

 

 

Rhoda Jayne <Rhoda.Jayne

 

Saturday, September 29, 2007 8:32:25 AM

Re: Lemon Balm

 

Thanks to everyone who has described lemon balm to me. After hearing the

description I remembered reading about it a few years ago. I haven't tried

to grow any herbs in a very long time. When our town got a Wal Mart

supercenter they began selling fresh herbs. Our town also has an ever

growing Hispanic population so we also have access to spices that are

commonly used in Mexico. Our Supercenter has dried chammomile flowers in the

Hispanic section of spices & I'm wondering if they make tea with the

flowers. I'm hoping to find a small bit of cardamon in that section of the

store so I can try it. In the regular section of the spices it cost about

$10.00 for a bottle.

Rhoda

 

 

On 9/29/07, genny_y2k <genny_y2k wrote:

>

> This pretty herb is easily grown in a pot on an indoor sunny window

> ledge. Like all mint type herbs it can be invasive so best kept potted

> unless you have lots of room. It is wonderful fresh or dried. Fresh

> leaves steeped for a hot cup of tea or chopped in salad. Use it like

> you would any mint herb.

> Deanna in Colordo