Health Benefits of Mint. Known from antiquity, mint is a herb with curative properties.
It is also used in the specific Arabian cuisine as a spice. Description of Mint plant Perennial herb, that spreads itself quickly, mint (Mentha piperita, Mentha spicata) has small violet or purple-white flowers that bloom all over its growing period. Depending on the type, the herb can grow up to 60 or 90cm tall. A particularity of this herb is represented by the "orange mint" that spreads a subtle orange perfume. Mint can be cultivated in any area with a temperate-continental climate. How to Make Blueberry Tea From Fresh Berries. Wintergreen - Herb Information and Wintergreen Recipes. How to Dry & Store Rose Hips for Rose Hip Tea. Rose Hip Tea (Rosa canina) is so refreshing and packed with vitamins and minerals.
A great hot Winter time drink. Delicately sweet, this is one of my favourites, and I consume it daily throughout the Dark Months. For rose hip tea, simply put 1-2 teaspoons of dried rose hips in a tea pot, let it sit for 15-20 minutes, then strain into a cup. Drink at will. Step 1 Pick as many rose hips as you think you need to last you until next year. Step 2 After washing your rose hips, dry them in the sun on newspaper. Step 3 Normally I dry them whole, but this year I decided to test splitting 50% of the batch in half before drying. Step 4 For convenience and because the weather has not exactly been that sunny this year (2008), I used a food dehydrator. Dehydration took about 5-6 hours for this particular batch. Step 5 When the rose hips have dried, this is what they look like.
Step 6 Next put them in a food processor. Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Tagged as: Dog Rose, Rosa canina, Rose Hip, Rose Hip Tea, Wild Rose. Wild Foods, Dandelion Recipes and more! Welcome to the Wild Foods section!
Here you will find wild foods recipes and ideas such as Dandelion Flower Fritters, one of my favorite dandelion recipes. Cooking with wild foods is an important part of staying healthy naturally with herbs. I love dandelions so much I put one on my logo. Why do I love dandelion so much? You know, I could write a book on that. "If you want to take medicine, it might as well taste good! " Wild Pansy. How to harvest blueberry leaves and make Blueberry leaf tea « Blueberry Croft Farm and Nursery Blog.
How to harvest blueberry leaves and make Blueberry leaf teaHow to harvest blueberry leaves and make Blueberry leaf tea Blueberries are often enjoyed eaten fresh and in shakes, pastries and many other products, but another way to enjoy the health benefits that blueberries can deliver is by drinking blueberry tea.
Blueberry leaves are more and more being used for their health benefits as herbal tea. How To Dry Herbs To Make Tea. Drying herbs for tea. Step 3: Drying Hang your herbs on a drying rack by the rubber band or string.
Drying times can vary from a few days to a couple of weeks, but you will know they are dry when the herbs crumble easily. Locate your drying rack in a dark warm space, like a bedroom, garage or walk-in closet. If your herbs are bundled in paper bags, you can dry them on a covered porch or patio. be sure to keep the herbs out of direct sunlight, yet in a place with good air circulation. Your herbs are dry when the leave easily crumble. Step 4: Storing Store your herbs in small glass jars with tight fitting lids.
Step 5: Brewing Use a metal tea-ball to hold a healthy pinch of your dried herbs. Also see our other How-To Guides on How to Dry Flowers and also How to Dry Herbs. SUMAC TEA IS A WONDERFUL WILD LEMONADE! SUMAC TEAIs Full of Vitamin C!
Sumac tea is easy to make and readily available in the late summer and fall here in Minnesota. There are several varieties of edible sumac that thrive throughout North America. These shrubs or small trees have lemon scented, alternate leaves and grow from 4 to 20 feet tall. The upright berries are ripe usually in late August through October. As long as the berries are red or red-orange they are safe to use and make one of the best tasting iced teas around! Everyone's heard of poison sumac but the plant is much different than the edible species.
It grows only in wetlandsIt has white berries that droop in loose clustersThe leaves are smoothNo hair on stemsIt has 7-9 leaves per stem Since we are using the upright red berries for sumac tea you don't need to worry about mistaking edible sumac for the poison variety! Pick 3-5 bright red berry clusters on a dry day and crush lightly with your hands. The sumac berries are full of natural vitamin C.