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This is an attempt to document my efforts to grow and eat locally around Melbourne, Derbyshire. My family own a nine acre smallholding on which we grow fruit and vegetables and keep bees, and chickens, but that won't feed us alone, so the idea is to get to know our local produce and to see how easy/hard it is to follow a diet that is local to within 30 miles. The fun part is also trying some new (easy) recipes that use home-grown and local produce. Feel free to comment, send in recipes, and share your experiences of buying and eating locally.

Tuesday 17 April 2012

Lemon balm tea

I reached for my packet peppermint tea without thinking this morning and then remembered that lemon balm from the garden makes a lovely refreshing herbal tea. I just added hot water to a few leaves.
It's dead easy to grow too, and best grown near the house so the leaves are at hand when you need a cuppa.
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