Had an herbal lightbulb moment while I was exercising this afternoon. The
Flower Lady and I have been having a discussion about tarragon and tea. Well, Flower Lady, I came up with the option for you if you want a tarragon flavor in your tea blend, it is Mexican mint marigold or
Tagetes lucida. It dries very well and I used it in my first tea blend! Duh! I used it as a highlight. Sometimes I have so much information in my brain, I can't see the herbs for the trees! Mexican mint marigold is grown by folks in the south who can't necessarily grow tarragon. I think it is also easilly grown from seed if you can't find the plant. I don't always have enough space or time to grow the seeds and I can't always find the plant in western Pennsylvania. It is becoming more available in our area. Also I wanted to show you the photo of the book I use as a jumping off point for my tea blends.
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And a JOYOUS Thanksgiving to you and yours.
We're serving our drinks with the last big twigs of our lemon verbena-so I'll think of you.
Joys,
Sharon
Our lemon verbena indoors will yield a couple of tea breads for The Herbal Husband! He's thrilled! Thanks for stopping by.
I have used the same book many times to create blends for classes. This reminds me that I have a bag of dried lemon verbena, which I harvested from my garden, waiting to be used.
It is a great book Desiree. Thanks as always for stopping by!
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