🌿 3 Easy Herbs to Grow in Pots / Lemon Balm, Lavender, Mint / Gardening with Diabetes 🌿

#SponsoredbyAbbott 🍃I’m thrilled to share how I grow three amazing herbs; Lemon Balm, Lavender, and Mint—right in pots! These herbs are perfect for anyone with limited space, and they’ve become prized herbs in my potted herb garden because they have so many uses!

🩸As someone living with Type 2 Diabetes, I’ve personally found that tending to my garden helps me manage stress, which is crucial for keeping my glucose levels in check.

🍃The calming scents of these herbs provide me with a sense of relaxation, making gardening not just a hobby but a way to nurture my well-being.

Here’s what I’ll cover in this video:

✅ Choosing the Right Pots: I’ll show you how to select containers that promote healthy roots and proper drainage for herb

✅ Potting Mix for Herbs : Learn how to mix perlite with potting soil to ensure a well-draining soil that your herb plants need!

✅ Planting and Harvesting: I’ll walk you through the planting process and share my techniques for planting, caring for, and harvesting these herbs!

✅ Drying Techniques: Learn how to dry and store lemon balm, lavender, and mint for cooking, making tea, and using in home decor!

✅🩸Glucose Monitoring: I’ll introduce you to my favorite tool, the FreeStyle Libre 3 system, which allows me to monitor my glucose levels without the hassle of those annoying fingersticks*—letting me focus on my gardening!

✅ Growing my own herbs and enjoying their natural essential oils and scents is empowering and fulfilling! Herb gardening is a fun way to de-stress while I manage my diabetes!

🌼 Learn more about the FreeStyle Libre 3 system at www.FreeStyleLibre3.us/Shirley

If you enjoy the video, please give it a thumbs up, leave a comment, and share it with someone living with diabetes who loves to garden!

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The views expressed in this video should not be used for medical diagnosis or treatment or as a substitute for professional medical advice. Individual symptoms, situations and circumstances may vary.

*Fingersticks are required if your glucose alarms and readings do not match symptoms or when you see Check Blood Glucose symbol during the first 12 hours.

Medicare and other payor criteria may apply.

Product for prescription only, for Important Safety Information please visit www.freestyle.abbott/us-en/safety-information.html.

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Welcome to Eden Maker by Shirley Bovshow, the channel about gardening, growing food, landscape design, and living with Type 2 Diabetes.
Shirley Bovshow is an award-winning garden designer, television host, and online personality known for her fun and approachable teaching style.