Bee Balm - Bee Balm makes everything better 🫶 Especially...

Butterflies ❤️ bee balm! It’s easy to attract pollinators to your garden with bee balm. & bee balm can be super simple to grow as well! Check out our From Seed to Spoon app to learn more about how to grow your own and bring in pollinators to your garden! #growfood #growyourfood #growyourownfood #gardening #growingfood #vegetablegarden #vegetable #fromseedtospoon #seedtospoon #growfoodnotlawns #butterflies #butterfly #beebalm #pollinators | From Seed to Spoon

Bee Balm or Wild Bergamont 🌿 ( Monarda sp.) is a beautiful native perennial. 🌺 It is in the mint family and is amazing for the bees and ecosystem! It grows wild throughout mid-late summer in unruly areas, ditches and fields, but it can also be a lovely addition to your native perennial garden 🌺 It’s fragrance is noticeably similar to oregano and thyme. It has a spicy, bright , herbal scent and flavor! It contains ‘thymol’ which is the monoterpene found in the volatile oil of many plants- like

How to dry bee balm flowers and leaves to use in your cooking and as a tea! I'll share how I make tea with these flowers later this week. Drying wild herbs is pretty simple, but here are a few extra tips! A dehydrator works best, but if you don't have one you can air dry them in a sunny window. A screen and some air flow help especially if you're in a humid climate. The oven on its lowest possible setting will also work, but keep a close eye on it. You can also find solar dehydrators online. I'v

Do you grow bee balm in your garden? Here are some fun facts about this pollinator pleaser from our 2023 Flower Gardener's Handbook, available now! | The Old Farmers Almanac