Recipes

Learn how to make lemon balm tea with fresh or dried lemon balm leaves. This simple herbal tea is refreshing, soothing, and easy to prepare. Perfect for anyone who loves simple homemade living, herb gardening, and homemade herbal drinks. Learn how to make lemon balm tea with fresh or dried lemon balm leaves. This simple herbal tea is refreshing, soothing, and easy to prepare. Perfect for anyone who loves simple homemade living, herb gardening, and homemade herbal drinks.

If you’re looking for a simple, calming drink, lemon balm tea is a great choice. Made from the leaves of the lemon balm plant, this tea offers a fresh, light flavor that’s both soothing and tasty.  To make lemon balm tea, just steep fresh or dried lemon balm leaves in hot water for about 5…

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Learn how to make homemade mint jelly with fresh spearmint leaves, sugar, lemon juice, and pectin. This bright green jelly is delicious served with lamb, biscuits, toast, and holiday meals. Perfect for simple homemade living, preserving, and herb garden harvests. Learn how to make homemade mint jelly with fresh spearmint leaves, sugar, lemon juice, and pectin. This bright green jelly is delicious served with lamb, biscuits, toast, and holiday meals. Perfect for simple homemade living, preserving, and herb garden harvests.

I’ve been growing spearmint for herbal tea for several years now, but until recently I have never tried canning mint jelly with it. Mint jelly is very easy to make and has a wonderfully delicate mint flavor. Canning mint jelly is very easy too, I even have a video for you if you’ve never canned…

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Don't let fresh herbs go to waste! Learn how to freeze parsley, basil, chives, oregano, thyme, and more in olive oil or butter for easy cooking all year long. Perfect for simple homemade living, from scratch living, and kitchen garden harvests. Don't let fresh herbs go to waste! Learn how to freeze parsley, basil, chives, oregano, thyme, and more in olive oil or butter for easy cooking all year long. Perfect for simple homemade living, from scratch living, and kitchen garden harvests.

If you are growing fresh herbs in your garden, or you know someone who is willing to share their fresh herbs with you, freezing them is a great way to preserve them to enjoy them all winter. These tips will teach you easily how to freeze herbs in butter or olive oil for later use.…

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