Growing Your Own Tea Garden, Second Edition: The Guide to Growing and Harvesting Flavorful Teas in Your Backyard - Paperback

by Jodi Helmer (Author)

Part gardening book and part tea book, Growing Your Own Tea Garden, 2nd Edition will show gardeners and tea drinkers how to plant, maintain, harvest and enjoy a productive backyard tea garden! Featuring insight on container gardening and raised beds, also included are nine suggested garden designs and useful cultivation advice.A comprehensive directory of more than 60 plants, medicinal herbs, leaves, flowers, fruits, and roots is included, from milk thistle, chickweed, rugosa rose, and burdock to chamomile, lavender, rose hips, peppermint, lemon verbena, and many other popular tea ingredients. Each plant profile provides the properties and health benefits of each tea ingredient before presenting 19 delicious and healthy tea recipes that address common ailments, offer immune support, support stress management, sooth tension headaches, boost energy, and more!

Author Biography

Jodi Helmer is an experienced journalist who writes about food, gardening, farming, the environment and sustainable living. Jodi's work has appeared in Entrepreneur, Hemispheres, Civil Eats, National Geographic Traveler, AARP, Farm Life, WebMD, Health, CNNMoney and Guardian Sustainable Business. She is the author of five books, including The Green Year and Farm Fresh Georgia. When she's not writing, she grows vegetables and raises bees.