Growing Tea Herbs for Fun or Profit
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Article by: Barbara Adams Growing herbs , February Plants are Going to Pot for tea can be either a pleasant hobby or become a market crop offered to customers in a variety of ways, giving them the opportunity to add healthy , Good Tools and Hard Work is What Creates EyeCatching and Functional Gardens variety to their beverage menu, whether warming up in the morning with a fresh-picked brew, or sipping garden-grown iced tea on a summer , Planning Saves Money, When Landscaping Your Property afternoon. Humans and tea go back a long way. Black, green, , Why Gardening is Better oolong and the rarer white , Traditional Wisdom or Old-fashioned Nonsense? tea, which all come from an evergreen bush (Camellia sinensis) native to China and India, are popular worldwide. , A Teak Table - Accent Your Outdoor Decor With One According to legend, tea drinking from this plant , You Can Grow Your Own Herb Garden - Part 4 originated in China four to five thousand years ago, reaching Europe in the 1600s. Infusions of this plant , Easy Care Of Phalaenopsis are considered "real" tea. For the purposes of this article, I'll casually call , Seeding Your Lawn, Laid Bare infusions of any appropriate plant , Landscaping, An American Pass Time material for beverage purposes, "tea." Another couple of exotic plants , Easy Pond and Water Garden Construction out of Africa, Rooibos (pronounced roy-boss) and Honeybush, have recently entered the worldwide , Cedar Benches: A Fine Choice for Your Garden tea market. Both are often grown sustainably and can be found in Europe and North America through fair trade from their native land of South Africa. But herbal tea, grown from a variety of herbs, , Hydroponics Gardening - How to Grow Flowers and Vegetables with Minimal Time and Effort is also a well-established tradition worldwide. , Vermicomposting - Worm Composters For Eco-Friendly Waste Disposal and Recycling Such herbal tea was in use in Europe long before black tea arrived. Drinking herbal infusions is believed to date into prehistoric times. Even animals have been known to put specific plants , Cultivating s In Your Garden...What To Watch Out For into small water-holding areas and seemingly wait for infusion before drinking. Some herbs , Discount Patio Furniture - An Easy Way to Get the Best thrive in full sun, , Easy Care Of Phalaenopsis but others prefer partial sun , Basics of Landscaping or even shade. Needing only moderate watering, their soil , You Can Grow Your Own Herb Garden - Part 4 calls for little or no fertilizer, and in fact should not be too rich as to cause excessive greenery that seems to dilute the aromatic oils. Each herb , Planning Saves Money, When Landscaping Your Property has its own special needs and specific plant , Vermicomposting - Worm Composters For Eco-Friendly Waste Disposal and Recycling parts that are used for tea and cooking (for tea, the leaves or flowers , A Couple of Good Places to Buy Lawnmowers are most often used. However, roots, , Zucchini: A Power House of Nutrition bark and berries are also harvested for herb , Basics of Landscaping tea). The specific plant , Constructing a Rock Garden parts and detailed growing , Landscape Wallpaper instructions are usually described with the purchase of the plant , The MorrowPond Garden - Soil Management or in any good herbal book. (c) 2006 Barbara AdamsBarbara Adams Author: Micro Eco-Farming: Prospering from Backyard , Growing Grass Under Trees to Small Acreage in Partnership with the Earth , Garden Hot Tubs (New World Publishing) http://www.MicroEcoFarming.com |
  
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