12/12/07

Mint Cutting How To


I picked 5-6 mint sprigs from the garden 19 days ago. We were having a party and I made fresh lemonade. So, I shoved the springs of mint in a glass and set it beside the lemonade pitcher. After a week, I noticed the springs appeared to be just as fresh as the day I picked them. So, I let them stay in the glass. Since then, some of the lower leaves have turned brown from sitting in water. However, look at the magic that is happening to submerged portion of the sprins.

This is how to take a cutting of mint and start your own little mint plants. You could buy some from the grocery store and try it yourself.
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4 comments:

  1. Keep your mint in pots. Don't put it in the ground in your garden. It's terribly invasive. It spreads everywhere!
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  2. How cool is this? I love the idea. My neighbor keeps all of her different varieties of mint, in pots!
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  3. Mint is such a lovely smell and rocks on a good leg of lamb. Yes do keep it contained to a pot else you will end up with a garden full of it.
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  4. Simply wonderfull! Living in FL takes it's toll on your plants, and well, my mint has been a little worse for the ware. Thanks for the tip :)
    A tip back, if you like the taste of mint, invest in a tea leaf holder. When you boil water for your tea simply wash your leaves, stuff the holder, and put it in your tea cup. Let it steap for as long as you like and you will be pleasantly awarded with mint tea. My aunt, who is Lebanese, puts honey in her's. My sister loves to add the mint to her plain green tea.
    Hope you like it if you try it :)
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