
Adding Lemon Balm, Lavender and Chamomile to steeping water, I am still sad my mint did not sprout with these others and I am using dried stuff. Here’s what I’ve been making as iced tea’s this week as I’ve been trimming up my garden.

Fresh Lemon balm chamomile tea
2/4 cup fresh lemon balm leaves
1/4 cup Chamomile flowers
1/2 teaspoon coriander
1.5 cups of boiling water removed from heat.
Pour over herbs and steep for 5 minutes
Lavender Mint Tea
1 teaspoon lavender flowers
2 teaspoons dried mint
1.5 cups of boiling water removed from heat.
Pour over herbs and steep for 5 minutes
I’ve also remade a few things I ran out of so I have a fresh batch of Lavender & Cedar Shaving Cream, Lavender Lip Balm and a Lavender & Tea Tree Foot Balm. In a few more days I will be able to start picking and drying wild lavender on my walks, I can hardly wait.
Lavender Lip Balm + Foot Balm Recipe
.5 oz beeswax
.75 oz Coconut Oil
.25 oz Cocoa Butter
15 drops Grapeseed Oil
10 Drops Vitamin E
20 Drops Lavender Essential Oil
Add Beeswax, Coconut Oil, Cocoa Butter and Grapeseed Oil to a double boiler and melt gently until all ingredients are dissolved.

Remove from heat and add Vitamin E and Lavender Essential Oil, Stir and pour into lip balm container.

I took the second half of this lip balm recipe and I added 15 drops of Tea Tree and 10 drops of peppermint and poured the remainder into a container to cool. Now I also have a foot balm.
