Organic lemon balm sprouting up in an indoor pot, for the first time ever. I have not planted it indoors before, nor brought in a plant or portion of a plant. It's being started from organic seeds. I brought in some chives and rosemary. We'll see if I can master the ability to keep them both alive indoors this winter. Sage and Thyme from the herb garden (brought in before our first hard freeze): dehydrated the thyme, but next year I think it would be useful to make a thyme tincture (for any medicinal reasons). Do you make a thyme tincture? If so, what do you keep it on hand to treat? It totally slipped my mind this year. I dehydrated most of the sage, but used some fresh to start a tincture (this is great for sore throats when you don't want to/or can't make hot tea). Just my experience with a sage tincture. If you have other uses, please share. I ground some ( a first for us ) of the sage and filled a re-purposed ...
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