Thyme for tea: Create your own tea garden

Create your own tea garden with mint, bee balm, lemon balm (be careful with this garden scamp, a prolific self-seeder). Other leaves for brewing include rosemary and sage – both make lovely calming tea. And let a little thyme sprawl over the edges of your tea garden – it too can be steeped into a brew that can work wonders when you’re fighting a cold or flu. In warm weather, grow scented-leaf geraniums outdoors to add sparingly to tea and in other cuisine. Gussy up a whimsical tea garden with broken teapots and other crockery; send us some photos! Take cuttings and grow extra plants for gifts – perhaps presented with a special tea cup.

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