The deliciously citrus scent
We planted lemon balm a friend gave us last year. I was very happy to see it come back all on its own this year. Not knowing much about about this herb, I knew I liked the fresh lemony smell it has, and my wife's family had told me the lemon balm Lin the edge of their back yard, worked their magic against mosquitoes.
This year we were so busy between working for money, and working to build our homestead, we let our small garden go... On top of being too busy to garden, there was too much rain, even our local farm had a rough go!
Just the other day I picked whatever I could from our little patch of lemon balm to dry in our new home for future teas!
I started mixing it in with camomile and mugwort, as a relaxing sleepy brew with colorful dreams.
Sleeping teas are something I want to explore a little more. The only thing I don't like about drinking before bed is having to get up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom. Maybe my sleepy teas aren't strong enough.
That's all I have for you tonight, so until next time, with perhaps more experience and knowledge from reading other #theherbalhive posts!!!
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Hi @senorcoconut. The high benefit as a relaxant is wonderful and I recommend that you take it two hours before bedtime. If you drink liquid before bed you rob yourself of the opportunity to sleep peacefully without interruptions.
My doctor explained that to me, and I learned my lesson. I now sleep 4 hours at a stretch but very well without having to wake up in the middle of sleep to go to the bathroom. Imagine, I used to wake up up up to 3 times, that meant not sleeping well. And it is very important the quality and not the quantity of the hours of sleep. In my case, I am used to sleep 4 hours, but as long as I sleep well, everything is perfect.
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Hey thanks for that tip .. I won't have it right before bed anymore!
Lemon balm is a delicious herb, just for its smell, besides providing the benefit of calming us to have good dreams. I hope you can grow more and always have it available for infusions. I really like that combination of lemon balm with chamomile and mugwort. It looks great! Have a great day. Greetings.
Thank you for your comment. We are moving but we will be growing again for sure!
Bee Balm to repel mosquitoes? Now I've learned something. I'll have to plant it under the windows.
Hey this was what some family members told me, I'm not 100% sure it works, but by the smell of it, it would make sense that it does work.
No harm in trying! Even if it doesn't work it smells wonderful
Yeah true! I think I'll grow em by my windows too... We're in a new house this winter.
What a nice picture of your garden 🙂
I agree, I also have to use the bathroom in the middle of the night when I'm having tea before going to bed. I'm so used to it though so it doesn't bother me much. It's a quick visit and then I'm back to sleep again 😴
Yeah that's true for me too, I mostly go back to sleepland after getting up, especially if I had some sort of tea like that. Thanks, a little spiral garden thing I threw together for my wife one weekend she was gone!
What a nice surprise for your wife 🙂
Thank you. It was, she loved it for sure.