opabinia51
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Location: Victoria, BC

You can start plucking leaves right away provided that you leave some leaves on the plant. Mint is so invasive that you basicaly can't kill it.

praying mantis
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Joined: Sat May 24, 2008 6:33 pm
Location: Northern California

Thanks opabinia,
The dessert thing ended up being a constant onslaught of goodness. The ice cream was perfection and the pies delicious. I had also made barley sun tea with and without mint. The vanilla ice cream recipe comes from the manufacturer of the ice cream maker. I added 4 teaspoons of green tea powder to the milk with mint leaves, instead of vanilla extract. Since I had to mix (adds heat) the powder into the milk, I put it back into the freezer to infuse for an hour. Before adding this to the ice cream maker, I mixed in the heavy cream and strained it all through my vegetable strainer. The result was creamy, homogeneous and light flavored. I am almost as pleased with it as the chocolate chocolate chip mint concoction of three weeks ago.
Eating from the garden is awesome.

opabinia51
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Location: Victoria, BC

It is isn't it? I'm going to copy this recipe and post it into the recipe thread if you don't mind. I'll give you credit for the recipe.

Opabinia

wolfie
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Location: Chester, VA

I hate my grass, can I dig some up, and plant some mint and pray it takes over all of my grass area?

How much will my landlord hate me? LOL



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