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Growing Your Own Tea Garden, Second Edition

The Guide to Growing and Harvesting Flavorful Teas in Your Backyard
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Growing Your Own Tea Garden, Second Edition by Jodi Helmer is both a gardening guide and a tea manual, offering practical advice on planting, maintaining, and harvesting a productive tea garden at home. It covers a variety of growing methods including container gardening and raised beds, and provides nine suggested garden layouts. The book helps readers select suitable crops for different soils and climates, starting with the tea plant Camellia sinensis and extending to over 60 herbal tea plants like chamomile, lavender, rose hips, peppermint, and lemon verbena. Each plant profile includes its properties, health benefits, and is paired with one of 19 wellness tea recipes that aid in stress relief, headache reduction, energy boosting, and immunity support.
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This book is perfect for gardening enthusiasts and tea lovers interested in cultivating their own tea ingredients. It suits those who enjoy hands-on projects that combine gardening with wellness, and anyone looking to grow a variety of herbs and teas year-round.

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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.

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Part gardening guide and part tea manual, Growing Your Own Tea Garden, Second 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 plantsβ€”such as chamomile, lavender, rose hips, peppermint, and lemon verbenaβ€”along 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.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781620084274

Publisher: I-5 Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 July 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Companion House

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 178.0mm

Height: 228.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 152

About the Author

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.

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