From lemon balm tea in a Martian house to lemon verbena in the woods

Exterior shot of the Martian house in situ in Bristol, UK, September 2022
The Martian House in Bristol, UK, September 2022

Sometimes you don’t know how you feel about something until the morning after. Yesterday I visited a prototype Martian house, learnt about growing plants hydroponically and participated in a ‘plant-bathing’ meditation and tea ceremony. We picked lemon balm leaves from the indoor garden to make our tea.

Over tea, we talked about how extraordinary growing plants would be for the wellbeing of anyone living on Mars.

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