Chamomile Dreams | MY CHAMOMILE HARVEST | Chamomile Iced Tea

[Music] hello lovelies i'm angela and this is parisian farm girl bienvenue and welcome to my channel i'm hiding here in the shade because it has been unseasonably warm unseasonably hot here in northern wisconsin and some of the flowers in my garden that i usually get to enjoy for a little bit longer are just about spent the chive flowers are fading the peony are fading right before my eyes and it is definitely time to harvest the chamomile so i'm bringing you along today to do that with me today's episode is sponsored by blinkist if you are like me and have a book list a mile long then blinkist is for you actually 14 million other people agree with me that this is the way to go if you simply cannot keep up with your book list they have over 4500 non-fiction titles to choose from and what they do is they distill the content down into 15 minutes you can either listen to it or you can read it and you can be constantly in a state of filling your mind with beauty and knowledge giving you a 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natural remedy for when you're feeling down or when you need to get a good night's sleep and it is a family favorite to be sure [Music] as a gardener i use this chamomile patch to disguise my grapevines because it takes so long for grapevines to get going here in northern wisconsin in the spring and so the chamomile grows up and by the time the chamomile is ready to be harvested the grapes need that space they need the photosynthesis they need the sunlight and the little budding grapes need a little bit more room to become who they're going to be and so it's the perfect time to harvest the chamomile bring it inside for the season and allow the leftover buds to drop to the ground to re-seed the area for next year [Music] i have to confess to being caught up in the romance of this morning and i love to create things out of flowers from my garden and i couldn't resist creating some beautiful swags of chamomile and of course subsequently i couldn't resist creating a crown of chamomile just in a celebration of life and this beautiful week in the garden now inside i make bunches of chamomile and i simply wrap them in butcher's twine and hang them from the ceiling to dry and once they've dried out i will lay a sheet on the kitchen table and pound them out and all the buds and flowers will fall into the sheet and we will store that as chamomile tea for the season chamomile iced tea is a pleasure that is definitely underestimated we all think of chamomile tea being something that we might drink before bedtime hot in a beautiful tea cup in our bed but iced chamomile tea on a hot summer day is delicious thank you so much for joining me today my kitchen is so fragrant it smells of chamomile and there's so much more harvesting to do i hope that you will try to grow this beautiful fragrant flower that has so many uses if you enjoyed today's video then i think what you should do is watch this video right here because last year at this time i went through the garden and harvested all the chives and made a beautiful garland make sure that you've subscribed that you're a member of the old world design society and i will see you again very soon

Channel: Parisienne Farmgirl

Views: 30,071

Rating: 4.9464288 out of 5

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Id: e_GLqU6IBZI

Length: 8min 24sec (504 seconds)

Published: Tue Jun 15 2021