Herbs: lemon balm leaves, 0 by CBernard

CBernard wrote:
Hi! Everybody!!

Question: I have a lemon balm patch (six feet in diameter in a circle around the peach tree). What is the best way to save the leaves for tea all during the year. I get wonderful leaves most of the year but in this area where it is hot a good deal of the year, my lemon balm goes to seed pretty fast. As a matter of fact, I think I will have to prune back the flowers next week at the latest.

I think that lemon balm iced tea during the summer is GREAT. It calms me down but it doesn't make me sleepy besides cooling off. If anyone knows a way of saving the leaves, I would appreciate it. In this photo, it gives a good idea of the width of the lemon balm plants. The plant to the left is a yellow daisy (I think).

Thanks,

Chuck