Jodi Helmer: Growing Your Own Tea Garden

Cover: 9781620083222 | Growing Your Own Tea Garden | Jodi Helmer | Taschenbuch | Englisch

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You Love To Drink Tea. Why Not Grow Your Own?

If you've ever considered raising your own tea, this comprehensive guide is the place to start. Growing Your Own Tea Garden is packed with inspiration and practical instructions for cultivating and enjoying delicious teas. Author Jodi Helmer helps you plan and plant a productive backyard tea garden, with sample garden designs and cultivation advice. She shows you how to choose the right crops for your soil and climate, starting with the tea plant (Camellia sinensis) and going on through a comprehensive survey of tisanes, or herbal teas. Discover how to grow the full range of herbal infusions that make wonderful teas, from flowering chamomile and lavender to chicory roots, rose hips, lemon verbena, peppermint, aromatic bergamot and more. Jodi shows you how to harvest, dry and store your tea to enjoy all year long, along with brewing tips and creative recipes.

Inside Growing Your Own Tea Garden

· Everything you need to know to create a healthy, bountiful tea garden and enjoy high quality tea

· How to grow dozens of crops that make marvelous teas, herbal infusions and decoctions

· Sample tea garden designs, including instructions for growing tea in container gardens and raised beds

· Understanding the differences between black tea, green tea, white tea and herbal tea

· How to dry and store your leaves for consumption on cool autumn days

· Let it steep: how to brew the perfect cup of tea

Über den Autor

Jodi Helmer 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. She is the author of five books, including The Green Year and Farm Fresh Georgia. When she's not writing, she grows vegetables and raises bees.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
The history of tea
Understanding the differences between black tea, green tea and white tea
Medicinal benefits of tea
Resurgence of tea culture
The argument for growing your own tea

2. Choosing Plants for Your Tea Garden
Growing Camellia senensis
Leaves
Anise hyssop
Bergamot
Cardamom
Chocolate mint
Cilantro
Holy basil
Lemon balm
Lemongrass
Lemon verbena
Peppermint
Raspberry
Rosemary
Sage
Stevia
Thyme
Flowers
Calendula
Chamomile
Honeysuckle
Lavender
Rose
Violet
Fruits
Apple
Blueberry
Lemon
Rose hip
Strawberry
Roots
Chicory
Echinacea
Ginger

3. Brewing the Best Tea Garden: Sample Garden Designs
Container gardens
Raised beds

4. From Cultivation to Cup: Harvesting and Storing Tea Herbs
Harvesting
Drying herbs
Preserving tea herbs

5. Let it Steep: Brewing the Perfect Cup of Tea
Tips
Recipes

6. Resources

Erscheinungsjahr:	2019
Genre:	Importe
Produktart:	Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik:	Hobby & Freizeit
Thema:	Garten & Natur
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781620083222
ISBN-10:	1620083221
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Helmer, Jodi
Hersteller:	Companion House
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	179 x 229 x 12 mm
Von/Mit:	Jodi Helmer
Erscheinungsdatum:	14.05.2019
Gewicht:	0,418 kg