Sipping a cup of tea that was plucked from your own garden is just one of the rewards of growing Camellia sinensis.

Growing tea plants in the garden, however, can provide enough leaves to keep your kettle whistling year-round.

Growing tea plants in the garden, however, can provide enough leaves to keep your kettle whistling year-round.

International Tea Day is December 15 and although there are many local places in Central Pennsylvania to purchase tea from, there is a special satisfaction in growing your own tea leaves.

Light of Day Organic Teas in Traverse City, Michigan, where plastic-covered “hoop houses” shelter tea plants eight months of the year, sells its home-grown white tea for $256 a pound or $32 ...

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