Donna Young @ 27 April 2010
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The lemon balm is up and growing with vigor. The lemon balm plant pictured below is large this spring. I have three plants or more and I should begin harvesting soon.
I dry the leaves and use them in tea. Generally not by themselves, but paired with other herbs such as mint, rosemary, and any other herb that I grow in my garden that is fair game for my tea cup.
I have used dried lemon balm in cookies. It gives the cookies a light lemony flavor and the cookies are a pale green color with flecks of lemon balm showing. I made up the cookie recipe and I do not have it handy.
As you can see in the picture, I did not clear away last year's stems. The balm did not die back until it was cold outside, very cold, and I left them alone. They dried in arch shapes and I suppose a small animal could have taken shelter there for the winter. I can't verify that. =)
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When cutting stems today, I saw a dozen, more or less, lady bugs in the pupa stage and a few full grown. I suppose lady bugs overwintered in the lemon balm.