Oh, you'd have fun in Brasil with all the wild herbs that grow in people's yards. I like especially alfavaca (wild basil) and boldo for digestive issues. Capim limao is another that makes great tea.
hi again.. just wondering if you have any information on pineapple sage.. I have a huge bush growing and putting the odd leaf in cordial and soda water for flavour? any other uses can it be dried?
I don't have a lot of experience with it, but I know its used for tea, so I would start there. Use it alone, or add it to other tea ingredients like the lemon balm or peppermint or chamomile.
can you tell me how to use the elixir? I get shingles several times a year so anything that can even suggest to help is welcome. Also for anxiety? thanks for all you do
Hi Dawn. I'm SO sorry about the shingles! Ugh. Awful. I'm not a medical doctor of any kind, so I can't really advise you. And what works for some may not work for others (diet, stress level, environmental exposure, age, genetics...). But know that lemon balm is very mild and you can't really overdo it as a tea or oil infusion. I do HIGHLY recommend Rosemary Gladstar's herbal books for learning about how to use herbs and dosing. My understanding (no personal experience) is that Valerian root is good for anxiety (they call it nature's valium). Very easy to grow and reseeds like crazy, but because you harvest the root, it can take a few years to get to harvest. Try it from an herbalist first to see if it helps.
hi from Australia.... i have lemon balm in the garden growing ok.... I would like to dry it and give to family members ... what should I write on the label ? how to use ? and why? could you give me any specific information please. many thanks
Hi. I'm not an herbalist, and so I can't give you specific suggestions. But as mentioned in this video, I have a list of recommended herbalist books linked in the description. Also, start at 5:34 minutes into the video for a list of what its commonly used for.
There is always some loss of nutrition from fresh (and even fresh as it ages). But the low heat of the dehydrator (lowest setting - around 105 degrees F) preserves a lot of the constituents.
Nothing. Honestly, it's not the strongest smelling herb when dried. Have you tried making tea with it? You'll get more of the flavor when it's seeped in hot water. But it's not crazy strong. And that's OK. You'll still get the benefits.
You can also just tie it up and hang it to dry. Depending on your climate (high humidity or not) you may want to make your bunches smaller so there's more air flow. But air drying it should work just fine.
Depending on where you live, you can put them on the dash of your car or the backseat. Just leave the windows cracked and put some parchment paper down or something like that. I used to put them in the back of my suburban before I got my food dehydrator. keep in mind we live in a low humidity area so that works really well for us
For me, because I'm selling this product dried, I have to use something that is PROVEN to sanitize. It's part of my kitchen license. In order for salt to do that, it would need to be enough that it would actually flavor the dried herb, so a non-starter for me. But you can do whatever you like. 🙂
Thank you for the video! Any other ways you use lemon balm? Maybe when it's fresh and after the flowering season starts? I've been adding it to smoothies (don't taste it, just in hopes to get extra nutrients into our bodies). Do you remove flowers before they seed if you don't want them to seed? The plant will come up in the Spring anyways, right?
I have another video on making it into a syrup. This is my favorite resource for all things Lemon Balm. I never trim the flowers off of mine (you certainly could). It was already here and well established when we bought our place, so it was a losing battle from the beginning. We just mow it/weed wack it late in the season. practicalselfreliance.com/lemon-balm-uses/
@@cookingtheharvest thank you for the response! I saved the link! We don't have "a loosing battle" on our hands yet - I planted lemon balm less than 2 years ago (a friend shared a plant), and it only spread to one more location so far, and is coming out in both this year.
Baking soda might be fine in a home kitchen, but it is not recognized as sanitizer by the state and local health authorities. (It is not a disinfectant - just good as a scrubber). And because I am selling this product, I need to comply. My guess is if you used much baking soda, it would leave your herbs tasting "soapy" so if you choose to use baking soda, be sure to rinse well.
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Oh, you'd have fun in Brasil with all the wild herbs that grow in people's yards. I like especially alfavaca (wild basil) and boldo for digestive issues. Capim limao is another that makes great tea.
Thanks so much. I looked all of those up. For English readers, Capim limao is Lemongrass.
Thanks for the info. I been feeling drawn to herbalism.
hi again.. just wondering if you have any information on pineapple sage.. I have a huge bush growing and putting the odd leaf in cordial and soda water for flavour? any other uses can it be dried?
I don't have a lot of experience with it, but I know its used for tea, so I would start there. Use it alone, or add it to other tea ingredients like the lemon balm or peppermint or chamomile.
can you tell me how to use the elixir? I get shingles several times a year so anything that can even suggest to help is welcome. Also for anxiety? thanks for all you do
Hi Dawn. I'm SO sorry about the shingles! Ugh. Awful. I'm not a medical doctor of any kind, so I can't really advise you. And what works for some may not work for others (diet, stress level, environmental exposure, age, genetics...). But know that lemon balm is very mild and you can't really overdo it as a tea or oil infusion. I do HIGHLY recommend Rosemary Gladstar's herbal books for learning about how to use herbs and dosing. My understanding (no personal experience) is that Valerian root is good for anxiety (they call it nature's valium). Very easy to grow and reseeds like crazy, but because you harvest the root, it can take a few years to get to harvest. Try it from an herbalist first to see if it helps.
hi from Australia.... i have lemon balm in the garden growing ok.... I would like to dry it and give to family members ... what should I write on the label ? how to use ? and why? could you give me any specific information please. many thanks
Hi. I'm not an herbalist, and so I can't give you specific suggestions. But as mentioned in this video, I have a list of recommended herbalist books linked in the description. Also, start at 5:34 minutes into the video for a list of what its commonly used for.
I cannot get catnip established because the community cats eat it down to the roots before I can even get starts established! 😂
Thank you for showing how to do it. In a food dryer, will the nutritions kept intact of lemonbalm?
There is always some loss of nutrition from fresh (and even fresh as it ages). But the low heat of the dehydrator (lowest setting - around 105 degrees F) preserves a lot of the constituents.
@@cookingtheharvest Thank you so much. Helps me learning more and more about this 🙏❤️
Thank you for this video! Tomorrow's to-do list includes my lemon balm. If you have other herb videos what are they listed under?
Glad the video was timely. No other herb videos yet, but my process is identical for any herb I dry.
I cleaned the lemon balm well and hung mine in bunches to dry naturally. It tasted like dirt. What did I do wrong?
Nothing. Honestly, it's not the strongest smelling herb when dried. Have you tried making tea with it? You'll get more of the flavor when it's seeped in hot water. But it's not crazy strong. And that's OK. You'll still get the benefits.
I don’t have a dehidrator. What to do then?
You can also just tie it up and hang it to dry. Depending on your climate (high humidity or not) you may want to make your bunches smaller so there's more air flow. But air drying it should work just fine.
Depending on where you live, you can put them on the dash of your car or the backseat. Just leave the windows cracked and put some parchment paper down or something like that. I used to put them in the back of my suburban before I got my food dehydrator. keep in mind we live in a low humidity area so that works really well for us
@@ForgingFreedomTV love this idea.
Soaking in salt isnt that better? Just wondering... And thanks for the video, just harvested mine.
For me, because I'm selling this product dried, I have to use something that is PROVEN to sanitize. It's part of my kitchen license. In order for salt to do that, it would need to be enough that it would actually flavor the dried herb, so a non-starter for me. But you can do whatever you like. 🙂
OK, understand. Thanks for your answer.😊
Thank you for the video! Any other ways you use lemon balm? Maybe when it's fresh and after the flowering season starts? I've been adding it to smoothies (don't taste it, just in hopes to get extra nutrients into our bodies). Do you remove flowers before they seed if you don't want them to seed? The plant will come up in the Spring anyways, right?
I have another video on making it into a syrup. This is my favorite resource for all things Lemon Balm. I never trim the flowers off of mine (you certainly could). It was already here and well established when we bought our place, so it was a losing battle from the beginning. We just mow it/weed wack it late in the season. practicalselfreliance.com/lemon-balm-uses/
@@cookingtheharvest thank you for the response! I saved the link! We don't have "a loosing battle" on our hands yet - I planted lemon balm less than 2 years ago (a friend shared a plant), and it only spread to one more location so far, and is coming out in both this year.
Baking soda would clean that well.
Baking soda might be fine in a home kitchen, but it is not recognized as sanitizer by the state and local health authorities. (It is not a disinfectant - just good as a scrubber). And because I am selling this product, I need to comply. My guess is if you used much baking soda, it would leave your herbs tasting "soapy" so if you choose to use baking soda, be sure to rinse well.