Growing Your Own Tea Garden, Second Edition

The Guide to Growing and Harvesting Flavorful Teas in Your Backyard
Grow and brew your own tea with this inspiring guide! Learn to plant, harvest, and blend herbs like chamomile, peppermint, and lavender. Includes 60+ plant profiles, 9 garden designs, and 19 healing tea recipes. Perfect for gardeners and tea lovers looking to enjoy fresh, homegrown teas year-round.
Part gardening guide and part tea manual, Growing Your Own Tea Garden, 2nd Edition is packed with practical advice and inspiration for planting, maintaining, and harvesting a productive backyard tea garden. It includes tips on container gardening, raised beds, and nine suggested garden layouts.The book helps readers choose the right crops for their soil and climate, starting with the tea plant (Camellia sinensis) and expanding to a wide range of herbal teas (tisanes). A comprehensive directory features over 60 plantssuch as chamomile, lavender, rose hips, peppermint, and lemon verbenaalong with their properties and health benefits.Each plant profile is followed by one of 19 tea recipes designed to support wellness, from easing stress and tension headaches to boosting energy and immunity. With guidance on cultivation, harvesting, and blending, this book is ideal for anyone who enjoys gardening and wants to grow and enjoy their own tea ingredients year-round.