Pine Needle Tea

The girls are very interested in learning about herbs and local plants. So last week, Punya and I had them pick pine needles from a local tree, lemon balm from my yard, and manzanita berries from Manzanita trees.  We went to my home and made pine needle tea, lemon balm tea and manzanita sugar.  They enjoyed the whole experience. Pine needle tea was not liked by all, but one girl said, “It tastes like Christmas.”