{"id":52983,"date":"2022-03-27T17:20:07","date_gmt":"2022-03-27T17:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=52983"},"modified":"2022-03-27T17:24:05","modified_gmt":"2022-03-27T17:24:05","slug":"lemon-balm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2022\/03\/lemon-balm\/","title":{"rendered":"Lemon Balm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Greece \u00a0Melissa means honey bee<\/p>\n<p>The Lemon balm for me<\/p>\n<p>a herb sold by apothacaries<\/p>\n<p>a perennial growing free<\/p>\n<p>wilder and most fragrant<\/p>\n<p>the mint family a home<\/p>\n<p>during Summer we see white flowers<\/p>\n<p>nectar rich they be<\/p>\n<p>any one whose keeping bees<\/p>\n<p>rub their fragrance on the hive<\/p>\n<p>and the bees will never leave your garden<\/p>\n<p>it keeps them so alive<\/p>\n<p>the new will come the old will stay<\/p>\n<p>and merrily will they<\/p>\n<p>love the nectar gathering<\/p>\n<p>and do it everyday<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>feminine<\/p>\n<p>ruled by the Moon<\/p>\n<p>element Water, they<\/p>\n<p>love and healing<\/p>\n<p>and success<\/p>\n<p>a tonic i can say<\/p>\n<p>a stimulant a febrifuge<\/p>\n<p>for nervous headaches too<\/p>\n<p>excellent for the \u00a0memory<\/p>\n<p>it just feels great and thats true<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Goodbye to melancholia<\/p>\n<p>In salads and tissanes<\/p>\n<p>lovely essential \u00a0growing wild<\/p>\n<p>in gardens \u00a0and its worth<\/p>\n<p>looking after it a lot<\/p>\n<p>its great to share the earth<\/p>\n<p>with something green \u00a0and wonderful<\/p>\n<p>and useful as can be<\/p>\n<p>grow it with affection<\/p>\n<p>and love it earnestly<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Its good for gracious living<\/p>\n<p>it feels \u00a0healthier when you<\/p>\n<p>include it with some salad leaves<\/p>\n<p>and make your dreams come true<\/p>\n<p>its been around a long long time<\/p>\n<p>never treat it like a weed<\/p>\n<p>its officially a carer<\/p>\n<p>and with it you will succeed<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Greece \u00a0Melissa means honey bee The Lemon balm for me a herb sold by apothacaries a perennial growing free wilder and most fragrant the mint family a home during Summer we see white flowers nectar rich they be any &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2022\/03\/lemon-balm\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environmental-poems","category-ethereal-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52983"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52985,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52983\/revisions\/52985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}