Benefits of Growing & Preserving Teas + My Toddler Tea Recipe!

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In a recent video • Garden Sabbath Day 56 ... we harvested / foraged a whole bunch of plants from around our homestead. In this video, I will share with you some of the many health benefits to these, as I prepare to dry them for long term storage & use.
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@cathywco Год назад

Rachel, you seem so much happier lately. You’re sabbath year agrees with you.❤

@laurab8547 Год назад

This weekend I went to a local orchard and picked 15 pounds of blackberries. Turned it all into blackberry jam and canned 28 jelly jars of it. I exchanged a jar with my neighbor and she let me give her lemon mint a haircut. I put the mint and a whole bunch of oregano from a plant that needed pruning, into my freeze dryer. Less than 12 hours later, I have plenty dried of each for tea or seasoning for pasta dinners. Would love to see how you use your herbs, Rachel.

@jartotable Год назад

Love all your videos. Both of your voices are a real tonic of calmness for me at the end of a day. Thank you for such positive uplifting videos.

@tammyjocooke-ov1nw Год назад

I do agree … but need your calming voice and enthusiasm with my coffee to start my day!!

@deboramoyer119 Год назад

Rachel, thank you for mentioning the importance of doing one’s own research and using reputable sources. Great video!

@ann-mariegrey9775 Год назад

dandelion flower makes a wonderful jelly it tastes like liquid sunshine

@OurGreenAcreHomestead Год назад

I totally smell Pledge, too!

@Notable2Nikki Год назад

I wish more medical professionals were knowledgable about nutrition and herbs.

@mama_duck_on_the_lake7510 Год назад

LOL Huffing the Lemon Balm!!!! Rachel you are so funny.

@shaneswing2016 Год назад

Excellent! Dehydrated catnip. Been having it in tea for two weeks. Helps me sleep. It's anti-inflammatory and a sedative.

@ericaharris6897 Год назад

I'm growing catnip! I'm actually growing it for my cats, never thought that we could have it!

@kevinlong3356 Год назад

Only live about 30 minutes from your area. I love having this resource for inspiration and to see what grows well in the area. I'd love to see your homestead and pick your brain some time.

@ReapWhatYouSowGardening Год назад

Great tea!

@theheritagehousesc 4 месяца назад

We have violets all Over the property and I love them when they bloom in the spring. This year I didn't see that many flowers and start wondering. Last year the grounds were purple

@sheliaheverin8822 Год назад

I just had to pause the video to run and grab a bouquet of strawberry leaves. I'm going to make some tea. I really want a tea garden.

@christybartolic6037 Год назад

I love Lemon Balm & Mint, but am also trying to grow more Tulsi & Thai Basil as they are so good in tea.

@takishasallbeautyzone Год назад

Herb harvesting is such an enjoyable activity. I wish there was a more affordable and smaller freeze dryer. I would buy one for cilantro harvesting alone. I have not figured out how people in hot climates make cilantro ladden salsa. Because for me in NC, by the time tomatoes are ready, my cilantro is long gone and I always havr to buy cilantro. It just gets too hot for cilantro. But as usual, I'll keep trying to find a way to grow some in the heat of summer.

@cynthiafisher9907 Год назад

I have heard you have to plant it every two weeks so you always have s9me available.

@smas3256 Год назад

Freezing herbs should be as healthy as fresh.

@TacklingTheGiants Год назад

There is a plant called culantro!! It loves the heat and tastes like cilantro but it's actually stronger and you can cook with it. Cilantro but with a U instead of an i (cUlantro)

@marking-time-gardens Год назад

Great video and information! Thank you! Blessings on your day Kiddo!🥰🌻🐛💕

@Nancy-zk9dj Год назад

Great topic! I'm just planting herbs today for making teas! I have violets everywhere, I love them!

@Elaineeec Год назад

Hey Rachel, great video as usual. As I was watching I had an interesting thought. I bet those dried or fresh leaves would make some amazing and unique pesto sauces, or vinaigrettes. Carry on, love you vids.

@Susan.Pritchard Год назад

Thanks for this video. I planted several medicinal herbs this year with teas and tinctures and salves being my plan.

@jartotable Год назад

Love your toddler tea. Glad you are moved by your intuition to go with what you know is good and healthy.

@user-hq3gn5xy3m Год назад

Thank you so much! I could use some hormone regulation in my later years ha! So raspberry leaves and strawberry, here I come.

@tammyr2966 Год назад

Super helpful! I suffer with inflammation and never thought about drinking certain teas to help! I bought and planted herbs this year with the intent of drying spices and making tea blends, so this was super helpful! Thank you!

@stevenwilson1762 Год назад

This is all new to me but very interesting. Thank you Rachel...Mrs.Steve

@lisapop5219 Год назад

I didn't know that about honeysuckle. We randomly had some appear out of nowhere this year. The smell is incredible. We are down south so it flowered several weeks ago. Thank you

@thisboymomlife Год назад

Loved the herb/foraged harvest!! I started foraging and dehydrating last year. Definitely doing more this year. Also expanded my medicinal herbs in my herb garden. Im also making my own herbal medica for reference.

@jerriscollins-ruth9019 Год назад

Good job Rachel

@tammyjocooke-ov1nw Год назад

I keep a mini whiteboard by my dehydrator to write down what herbs are in what tray .. I save my gigabytes in memory for other things 🤗

@benmisrahi8369 Год назад

Loved the amount of detail about the benefits of the herbs! I think adding "Herbal" before "Teas" in the video title might be an idea as I thought it was about regular green tea. I'm curious how much vitamins, minerals, medicinal compounds & enzymes are preserved when freeze drying compared to freezing and fresh

@his-sweetie Год назад

Thank you for sharing. I agree Miss Amy is amazing as is Dr. Patrick Jones. Very very good information in their books and their vids.

@shelliecummins5972 Год назад

Lemon pledge...😂😂 my mom still uses it & so do i.. never thought of that lemon balm.. but you are right😂😂

@LivingMiracleHomestead Год назад

I just got a freeze dryer and I put in basil for an experiment. It turned out great. I have many things to FD SO Herbs are a big thing for me.

@Fugateathome51 Год назад

Hay Rachelle love to watch you,I am a cook on RU-vid.You and Tod is one of our favorite to watch on youtube

@cynthiafisher9907 Год назад

It’s a great idea to freeze dry your herbs, I think they will keep their properties a lot better than just dehydrating. I wish I was interested in herbal teas, but I’m not yet. I do find it interesting, though, and I would trust herbs over pharmaceuticals for sure.

@pansyvaughan5624 Год назад

Thanks Rachel this is great Oregano oil is soooooo expensive, I'll be drying mine for more than cooking Dudnt know about the lemon balm I just grew it , love the smell, it's by my deck, wasn't sure what to do with it lol So appreciate this video

@rode-o5206 Год назад

Toddler Tea - chamomile & lemon balm, steep for 10 - 12 minutes, add little cinnemon, apple cider vinegar, lemon juice, honey.

@lbenson2488 Год назад

Really enjoyed this video, thanks!

@sandeerahBee Год назад

My ears really perked up when you mentioned being careful with herbs if you're taking medications like blood thinners. It's really important to remember that - even multi vitamins can have weird effects with certain medications!

@smas3256 Год назад

So research shows people on blood thinners should not have turmeric. So people would rather have the pill instead of the turmeric. Sounds aSS backward to me. I found this out listening to a women telling me that and claims she is not afraid of anything so she will take the pill. Yikes. What are people missing.

@mackenzie95 Год назад

Specifically your G herbs like garlic, ginseng, ginko, and vitamin k (your dark leafy green vegtables) and even vitamin E is also known to thin blood as well.

@rochelleallgyer122 Год назад

This has inspired me to grow things I don’t typically grow. Tea is something I enjoy, what a bonus to gain those benefits

@stephencameron1709 Год назад

Really enjoyed this. Thank you. Val C

@marilyncapehart663 Год назад

Hi Rachel I need to order some grow bags for in door planting., trying to learn @ a slow paste for me 5-30-2023❤

@hollynelson543 Год назад

Hi Rachel 😊

@pennynewell3459 Год назад

I think Lemon Balm smells like Pledge too. First year growing and preserving it. Hope it taste better than it smells.

@smas3256 Год назад

Did you say Pledge smells good? What do you put on your skin? We live in a toxic country/world. Seriously check into what products you are using.

@pennynewell3459 Год назад

@@smas3256 no I didn’t! Don’t use it either.

@dawncampbell9385 Год назад

Fantastic info!!

@teriharman566 Год назад

Thank you for sharing this. I am going to harvest some and dehydrate sunce j don't have a freeze dryer

@VirginiaFlowerFarm Год назад

Great job Rachel!

@teresecox4109 Год назад

I would so love to have a Harvest Right Freeze dryer. Is there any concern mixing items, with transferring of smells or tastes? I.e. will the mint make everything taste like mint? Are there certain things like Onion or Garlic that you’d need to freeze dry on their own? Another great video! Thank you!

@1870s Год назад

I've heard it can be an issue, so to be safe we don't mix much. No eggs & onions at the same time

@chrissyfrancis8952 Год назад

What kind of mint? I had emergency surgery for a perforated large bowel in 2019(I was 50) which couldn’t be repaired. We grow peppermint(I just dehydrated 9 shelves of it in my Excalibur) for my gut issues. I use it in tea, hot chocolate, brownies & make an extract. We also grow spearmint(we use it for flavoring and too, but mostly as a natural Vicks. I make a steam tent to open sinuses/lungs) plus chocolate mint, & apple mint.

@1870s Год назад

Whatever is growing wild by my shed. Don't know, just regular mint I guess

@chrissyfrancis8952 Год назад

@@1870s irregardless, it makes wonderful tea! My house smelled like a candy cane factory when I dehydrated all my peppermint this week. Made my eyes burn, but my sinuses were clear. 😂

@okbookgirl Год назад

I wouldn’t give a 9mo honey. It’s recommended to wait till they pass a year. But you could probably add agave or simple syrup.

@1870s Год назад

Yes no honey in the tea before 12 months

@debrareed6915 Год назад

Thank you I love this herb video

@rbud57 Год назад

I've always heard and read that babies under a year old should not be fed honey for fear of "infant botulism". Is it now not a problem? I've gone by that advice all my child-raising years, and now with grandkids.

@1870s Год назад

Yes no honey if under 1

@debsb53 Год назад

Your violets and honey suckle make beautiful stationary

@mikesfarmmikesfarm3977 Год назад

after getting your freeze dryer did you go thru your dehydrated stockpile and freeze dry some of it for longer term storage ?

@opalezell2166 Год назад

Rachel this is Opal in Ms.I need to find your pineapple zucchini recipe,please.

@carolynmiller1774 Год назад

So how many strawberry leaves do you pick from a plant?

@Notable2Nikki Год назад

Maybe a dumb question... can you just steep your mint in hot water and that is mint tea or is it mixed with tea leaves to make mint tea?

@1870s Год назад

All you need is mint leaves for mint tea

@EGGstravagantkitchen Год назад

The benefits you’re giving her of the honeysuckle vine and not the honeysuckle bush. They are very different plants. Are you cutting from a bush or a vine?

@homeygardener Год назад

I was just talking about this

@margaret8056 Год назад

For a toddler 22months how many leaves would you use Margaret Lynch SOUTHERN IRELAND

@margaret8056 Год назад

Would you just make ordinary tea and add the leaves

@tonijohnson7132 Год назад

1st comment🎉 Have a lovely memorial day.

@randyromines7364 Год назад

Could you be specific about honeysuckle. There is the plant you get from the nursery. Then there is natural honeysuckle that grows in the wild and is considered invasive - both have the same flower and smell. The wild tends to be more like a bush to me. Your violets are huge and don't look like the ones that grew in the lawn where I used to live, those were tiny. Your's look more like pansies.

@1870s Год назад

Ours is just wild

@cynthiafisher9907 Год назад

Yes, those do not look like violets, they are violas or Johnny jump ups, I think.

@cyndisgreenoasis6571 Год назад

Rachel, I’m not sure what the cut off age is but you’re not supposed to give infants and toddlers honey it causes botulism

@1870s Год назад

No under 12 months after that safe in moderation

@smas3256 Год назад

That is true they tell us that but why. Always ask why, why why?? What is the common denominator?

@NathalieVA56 Год назад

Toddler tea recipe at 11:37

@opalezell2166 Год назад

Because of high humidity I can't do well with hanging herbs.

@christineayre796 Год назад

Interesting my understanding is you're not supposed to give honey to a child under one Year old I'm not saying you're doing wrong. Maybe do some more research. If you've already been doing it for a while and it hasn't heard him. I don't know if I would worry about it. But That might be something to look into

@Brodmann312 Год назад

Infant botulism is the reason honey containing foods should not be given to children under the age of one, and used sparingly for those slightly older. Previous safe consumption unfortunately doesn't guarantee future safe consumption. It can take up to a month for bacterial colonization in the digestive tract to start showing symptoms. Like most rare illnesses, no one thinks it will happen to their family until it does.

@emilykoch4123 Год назад

That’s correct, because honey is one of the most common sources of botulism. Infants aren’t able to process the spores like adults can, so there’s a much higher risk when feeding honey to an infant (so it’s advised to avoid it completely).

@heatherrue2655 Год назад

He’s 18 months old.

@Famcke Год назад

I'm 100% sure she will not give the baby anything to harm him. Also don't believe the so called researchers or even Google for that matter. A good example of them is "Dr. Fauci." What did our forefathers do?

@okbookgirl Год назад

@@heatherrue2655 yes but she said you could give it to a 9mo.

@smas3256 Год назад

So many studies say for this or that, "it looks promising, but more research is needed". 20 year old studies never followed up on. The fix is in. Had to stop your video Rach just to vent. Not 5 minutes in. I will ask a biologist on subject of are plants more nutritious freez dried or air dried. Hope he has time to do the testing and I'll get back to you. Another subject: do bees still go to GMO seeds that flower for our veggies.

@Greens5511 Год назад

What temperature do u use for steeping these teas?

@1870s Год назад

I'm not specific with it, just got Water 💦

@mama_duck_on_the_lake7510 Год назад

Have you ever played with making essential oils?

@lalatotheworld1671 Год назад

❤

@vickieboley9452 Год назад

Rachel, I have always heard that honey is to be forbidden for any child under 1 year of age! Please correct me if mistaken, but I just copied this from google: "Why is honey not safe for babies under age one? Avoid giving honey - even a tiny taste - to babies under the age of 1 year. Honey can cause a rare but serious gastrointestinal condition (infant botulism) caused by exposure to Clostridium botulinum spores. Bacteria from the spores can grow and multiply in a baby's intestines, producing a dangerous toxin." Please be sure about no honey for babies.

@1870s Год назад

Yes no honey before 12 months

@aserendipitouslife8011 Год назад

No honey for children under 1 Year old.

@klturowski Год назад

I share your healthy skepticism of our alphabet agencies.

@AmityDawn Год назад

I’m sure you know this and I’m not trying to be rude. You shouldn’t give children under 1 year of age honey or anything with honey in it because of the risk of infant botulism. The toddler tea sounds great though! Maybe a tad bit of maple syrup instead of honey for the babies under 1.

@1870s Год назад

Our grandson who we give it to is 18 mos