What a Treat!

[Guest guest]

My two partners and I moved to our current home this past july and

noticed it had many flower gardens. I never really took notice of

all the different plants until today when was mowing the lawn

and smelled mint. Upon further exploration, it looks as though the

landlord's wife had a bit of an herb garden going.

I found Peppermint, spearmint, lemonbalm, " mint " (the kind you'd find

at the grocery store), sage, oregano and flat leaf parsley all

amongst the weeds and rosebushes.

The thing I'm looking to you all for is what to do with it all? I

cut most of it down and have now hung it up in my kitchen to dry. I

also planted the roots into pots so i can bring them in for the

winter. I know that I can make soem good teas and what not, but more

specifically I was wondering if anyone knew what lemonbalm and

spearmint were good for? I also wonder what the generic mint was good

for!

Thanks for helping me with this lucky find!