Homegrown Herbal Tea?

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Does anyone make herbal tea entirely from ingredients you've grown?

I tried a blueberry tea which I love and I think I can replicate next year.

What's up with nettle tea? How do you not get stung by it?
 

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I have made a sage, chamomile and peppermint tea when I was sick that was good and it sure helps when you can't get to sleep because the toilet is your best friend. Now just if I can get my little boy to drink it when he is sick night would be so much better.
 

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I have made spearmint tea from my spearmint. We moved 2 years ago and I'm still in the planning stage on a lot of herbs. I want a herb garden!
 

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So do I, I got my sage and mint from my mom but this was my last year since she sold the house. But I got about 3 lbs of sage and 2 lbs of mint.
 

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I buy fresh ginger to keep in the freezer. When I am sick I will grate it and make tea out of it for my stomach. It works better than anything for a queasy stomach. Also, has a lot of anti-inflammatory properties for pain.
 

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I grow both peppermint and spearmint for tea. I have Pacific strawberry now as well for tea. Raspberry and blackberry also.

If I can find lemon verbena again, I love that for tea. We had a very cold year a few years ago that killed mine. Took out my eucalyptus trees as well. somehow the tarragon survived.
 

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I plan to do herbs to dry and feed to the chickens & goats. Lots of mint as mice hate it! But mainly for cooking...basil, sage, oregano, mints, etc. Plus my garlic & onions. Have a place set but planning to add several more inches to height of the raised bed there.
Then some PVC frame for netting to keep chickens out. :rolleyes:
 

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I picked a few blackberry leaves this Summer and dried. I wanting to try it for tea, just waiting for cooler weather. I planted some mint this Spring but it didn't do anything. I can't even find it now. I figured it would go crazy by the pond but I guess it got waterlogged. I didn't know mint could be killed.
 

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spearmint and peppermint won't grow in the waterlogged ground here. the spot has to drain for it to survive. I've tried planting it in many different spots. I have peppermint all around my back door, spearmint by the well house, and catnip by the main chicken pen.

I don't care for catnip tea. I only dry that for the cats.

I have all of the above in pots as well. plus catmint and corsican mint.
 

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