How to prune a tea plant. We often get asked, "how do you prune a tea plant" The tea plant shown above has been in the field for 3 years now. This is the year we see the most tremendous growth. On the branch we are holding, you can see the prune marks on the bushes where the branch changes from grey, to new growth which is green. We want to follow a set of prune heights to form a well framed bush and get the most harvestable tea out of the tea plant. "We let the plant grow up twice height between the previous cut." What are the steps to pruning a tea plant? 1. Let the plant grow...
This post is written by GMTC team member, Jollean Smith. June is Pride month, an incredibly important month in the LGBTQ+ community. However, it is often very misunderstood by those outside of it. When Jason and Timmy came to me and said “what are we doing for Pride?” it was something for me as a marketer and ally, that I had to really consider. And after much consideration, what I really wanted to accomplish is sharing together. To share together a better understanding of Pride, there seemed to me no better way to do this than through Jason and Timmy. Our goal here is share together, for the purpose of a better understanding of Pride. I feel some passion around...
Go into any restaurant in the south and ask for tea, and you are most likely to find sweet tea. It is a staple item. But to make a good cup of southern sweet tea at home, using black tea leaves, is not as simple as dumping some sugar into your tea. There is a way to make sure it is a great cup of sweet iced tea. Here is Timmy's recipe for a great batch of sweet Southern iced tea. Timmy's Southern Sweet Tea 1 gallon of water. 6 oz of loose leaf tea. (our Black Magnolia tea or Grilled Southern Peach tea are great for this). 1 cup of sugar. Steps: Take one cup of water and one cup of...
