Another snow day in my neck of the woods with the blustery wind blowing so bad that I didn’t dare wonder to far from the warm house. Over the weekend I was fortunate enough to be one of the few customers at William Sonoma to snatch up a mulling spice ball that are hard to come by in my area. I hope at one of my up coming Garden Show trips to the larger cities I see a Teavana shoppe to stock up on my favorite floral blends since I have been enjoying them tremendously this winter. Today was another hibiscus ,blueberry mixed with green tea afternoon. It is a SUPER YUMMY brew I put together with the nice ladies at Teavana in Detroit this past December during the Holiday Green Tour.
As I sat and sipped on my tea and enjoyed the wonderful selection of lettuce seeds featured in the Veseys Seed Catalog I couldn’t help but wonder how my bunny brew was doing on the new seedlings I had planted for #SuperSowSunday. Rummaging through the mail for the day I noticed another yellow envelope addressed to me!
It was an efficiently packages natural brewing tea bag from my new friend on Twitter , Annie Haven. She is the owner of Authentic Haven Brand Natural Brew in San Juan Capistrano, California. At first glance I couldn’t help but think ‘ wow… this is going to be some container of sun tea!’ When I quickly noticed the label had a cow on it. You can’t tell that it has natural cow manure in it because it doesn’t smell. However, this tea bag goes into a 1-5 gallon container filled with water and should be left to steep for at least a day.
I can’t wait to give this ‘speciality’ tea brew a try as soon as I run out of the 5 gallon container of Bunny Brew I have in my greenhouse from the #SuperSowSunday party. A few of the Garden Twitters’ and I are planning on doing a #SuperSowSpring on March 21. I might just save this goodie for that day so I will be able to document the developement of the new seedlings easier. I will keep you posted on how this product works on my green.
Thank you @Green Soil for the wonderful gift for my plants that you know I love so much. Please stop by Annies site at Authentic Haven Brand Natural Brew.
Yep. I’ll look forward to your post on this, Bren. I made a batch of “compost tea” from a recipe I received on line last summer. However, it was way toooo strong for some of my plants…. (Perhaps I didn’t dilute it enough!) I’m very anxious to see how a couple of my bushes will make out this Spring!
What an unusual and wonderful idea to package cow manure in a teabag to make manure tea! I wonder if someone could do the same with compost and make compost teabags?
Yes Noelle – I am waiting to give this goodie a try because I have some of my own “bunny brew’ in use right now. I mixed up a 5 gallon bucket on Sunday. Works wonderful as I am sure this cow manure will too! Thanks for stopping by!
No drinking the poop tea. Ick! LOL!
It would be easy to accidentally drink this flower brew…. it has no odor! However, I am unwilling to blog about what it taste like! I will have to keep this brew in the greenhouse so my thirsty family members don’t unexpectedly try it. (argg…..)
Thanks for stopping by Scott – your teas look amazing! Would love to share your bulk with my garden friends so I will be in touch with you!
I have never heard of this before…very interesting..
Finally I have your blog address changed in my blog list…geez, no telling what I’ve misse!
YOU FOUND ME! Thanks for the bookmark Darla. I am working on a TOUR at the Cleveland Home&Garden show this weekend. I will add you to my blogs that inspire next week! ((HUGS)) and Happy Valentines Day!
Hi Bren..
thnak you for your ideas around brweing tea with “special ingredients”.
I am sure your plants will grow beautifully!!
Thank you for inviting me, just bookmarked your new site.
- Cheers Gisela.
I have some Haven manure tea I got at the end of the season last year I’ve been saving for this year. I can’t smell it, but apparently my cats can because whenever I have it out, they go crazy!
When would I use it on seedlings? When they get a bit larger? I may save it and give everything a good watering once they are actually planted out in the garden.
It is funny you say your cats can smell it. I actually showed the ‘tea’ bag to my herding dog Olivia and she had no interest. Which is super weird because she loves to eat Horse pooh! @GreenSoil on Twitter ( the founder of the company) told me to use this on the seeds. You can start using this product right away. I am going to use my for #SuperSowSpring (http://www.facebook.com/pages/SuperSow-Spring/307613311620?ref=ts) on Twitter March 21. Thanks for stopping by Jenna!