I Got 8 Different Flavored Mints! Taste Test & Tips For Growing Mint In Pots

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Ай бұрын

My flavored mints have all arrived and I am so excited to try these out. I've been in love with chocolate mint for years now and am adding even more flavors to the garden.
~ Where I Got My Mint ~
Mountain Valley Growers mints: mountainvalleygrowers.com/org...
Strawberry Mint: stark-bros-nurseries-and-orchards-co.pxf.io/XYker5
Other mints were purchased in person at Gethsemane Garden Center and Farmers Market Garden Center
Herb rack (out of stock): www.gardeners.com/buy/lattice...
Similar rack here: amzn.to/3WSI8eB
~ Where You Can Find Garden Items I Love ~
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@theangrycheeto Ай бұрын

What a garden, living the life out here!

@ChicagoGardener Ай бұрын

Taking full advantage of the warm months before winter comes around again!

@Idaho_Garden Ай бұрын

I’m LOVING the tea videos! 🫖 Thanks for sharing!

@ChicagoGardener Ай бұрын

Yay I’m so happy to hear that!!

@kathrynu1400 Ай бұрын

I just ‘randomly’ got myself 8 mint plants… 😂 I have no idea how I got the idea…. lol I found pear mint and berries and cream mint at my nursery! Also, saw grapefruit mint, but I had to stop myself at some point! Bonus that they were 30% off! Thank you for the inspiration!

@clairemcblair Ай бұрын

This is so fun!! I want these even just to scent my outdoor seating areas 😂

@ChicagoGardener Ай бұрын

I want to surround myself with strawberry mint at all times 😆

@kelleyforeman Ай бұрын

I need to order some mint seeds! I searched high and low for different mint plants this year. I only managed to find a few common ones. Apple mint is one of my faves! It's fantastic in tea and cooking and makes excellent greenery in a bouquet.

@ChicagoGardener Ай бұрын

Someone else mentioned using the mint in bouquets and now I’m so excited to make scented bouquets!!

@benjaminh.7698 Ай бұрын

I thoroughly enjoyed watching this video and found it to be very informative. It would be wonderful if you could create more videos on different varieties of e.g. "sage", "basil", or other herbs. I really appreciate your content!

@ChicagoGardener Ай бұрын

That’s a great idea!! I’ll definitely put more herb videos together.

@terryjbrown6953 Ай бұрын

I leaned about planting mint in the ground, never again 😂! I have had the orange and apple mint in the past, but I didn't have good luck with them, and they died, but I did like them. I just bought myself a banana and a strawberry they are small, but I can't wait to try them! You said that if they are near each other they can cross polinate 🤔 I'm thinking when the get a little bigger if I should take a couple of clippings and plant a strawberry and banana near each other and see what it taste like 😂. I will definitely be keeping my eye out for the pineapple mint!!!

@ChicagoGardener Ай бұрын

That would be so much fun to purposely plant the two flavors you want to combine close together!!

@kaychaney6102 Ай бұрын

Oh my. There you go again. I don’t drink herbal teas but I need these plants! So fun!

@ChicagoGardener Ай бұрын

😆 I’m glad I can add to your plant to buy list!

@DaveCollierCamping Ай бұрын

Awesome share

@ChicagoGardener Ай бұрын

Thank you!!

@michelletetreault9428 Ай бұрын

such a fun video!

@ChicagoGardener Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@ThePieceFullGarden Ай бұрын

What a fun video!! I had no idea so many different mints existed! Now I want them all lol I definitely want to try the pineapple and strawberry mint. Thank you for sharing ☺️

@ChicagoGardener Ай бұрын

I still can’t get over the smell of the strawberry mint 🍓 It’s so good!

@imfittted4829 Ай бұрын

My favorite local garden center had quite a variety of mints this year. I was impressed. I only picked two: grapefruit mint and berries and cream.

@ChicagoGardener Ай бұрын

Omg I need both of those!

@aiai-j7i Ай бұрын

Have you ever grown cinnamon basil? The flowers make a delicious tisane 😊

@ChicagoGardener Ай бұрын

No but now I need to!! Where do you find it?

@aiai-j7i 29 күн бұрын

@@ChicagoGardener One can get the seeds from Johnny's seeds or Annie's Heirloom Seeds.

@BColliegal Ай бұрын

Ooooo 🍊 and 🍍 mint!!

@ChicagoGardener Ай бұрын

I’m definitely going to try mixing those together!

@cheriberry9633 Ай бұрын

Ok before I even hit “play” I am drawn to your beautiful hat. ❤ Do you happen to have a link for it?? Thanks for your content. You’ve helped me so much with my deck troughs.

@ChicagoGardener Ай бұрын

www.tulahats.com/products/ranch-lattice?_pos=1&_sid=9397c8fc4&_ss=r

@ChicagoGardener Ай бұрын

That’s the hat I’m wearing in this video! I have a second one from them too with a smaller brim and I love them.

@karenneese5820 Ай бұрын

Put a raised bed of peppermint, spearmint, apple mint, & chocolate mint. Huge mistake! Later learned that their flavors will fuse if planted too close together. They still have a bit of difference between them. However live & learn! I definitely will be looking into the lavender mint.

@ChicagoGardener Ай бұрын

Yes, I’m wondering if my flavors are going to cross over but they’re getting all the space they’re going to get from me 😆

@beautyintheblooms Ай бұрын

Where you do you get your terracotta pots? They are beautifully aged!

@ChicagoGardener Ай бұрын

Home Depot! Most of them are at least 3 years old now so that’s why they look like that.

@letsgotravel7724 Ай бұрын

I too ordered from the site you mentioned and have my various herb flavors. You mentioned some sort of shakers that you put your dried herbs in. I can’t find them in your Amazon store. Can you tell me where you get those shaker bottles. You also mentioned a previous Video about herbs and drying them can you link that as well. Thank you very much. I’m enjoying all of your videos.!!!

@ChicagoGardener Ай бұрын

Here is the video on storing my herbs! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qdWap5SStLTJZIU.htmlsi=0Y30ZzZxvGQTsCG3

@ChicagoGardener Ай бұрын

These are the shakers: a.co/d/hl8FFIY

@gardentours Ай бұрын

Lemon 🍋 bergamot mint sounds great. Do you know if basil mint has a tiny purple blossom when it's blooming. I have a plant where I thought that it is mint but my husband is sure that it is basil 🌿 and he makes pesto out of it. But I never bought basil and basil can't cope with our temperatures in winter. I leave the pot outside. So now I'm really trying to find out what it is. I thought that it is chocolate mint because I took a cutting of that one but now that you mention basil mint 🤔 that makes me think 😂

@ChicagoGardener Ай бұрын

They do have purple flowers! I’m not sure what zone you’re in but basil definitely wouldn’t survive outside here in Chicago over winter but mint would!

@estreetangel Ай бұрын

Except for the chocolate mint, I didn't know mints came in those flavors. I'm not a tea drinker, but every year I get a stevia plant and a chocolate mint plant, and I just pluck off a stevia leaf and a few chocolate mint leaves and eat them. Tastes like candy or chewing gum. I'm definitely going to take cuttings of my mint to propagate over the winter instead of buying a new plant each year from now on.

@ChicagoGardener Ай бұрын

That’s my goal this year too, to try and overwinter all my mints!

@Sherman1862 Ай бұрын

Yay for Mint!!!!! Yay for Miss Chicago Gardener!!!! So Beautiful!!! So HOT!!! Nice hat too!!! ; ) lol : )

@pp20173 Ай бұрын

I want to like mint so bad but have never liked it in any dish. It's up there with cilantro. Lol

@paulacothren3591 Ай бұрын

Cilantro is interesting. I grew cilantro and decided to let it flower to see if it attracted pollinators. The smell of a mature cilantro plant was of burnt gym socks. It was so horrible I could barely walk by it. I'm wondering if the burnt gym sock smell is what some people get when they eat fresh cilantro leaves. I can relate.

@estreetangel Ай бұрын

Cilantro tastes like a bar of soap to me. I read somewhere that it's genetic for how cilantro tastes to different people. I guess I got the soap flavor gene. lol Ugh, burnt gym socks! That sounds horrendous! @@paulacothren3591

@ChicagoGardener Ай бұрын

I’m one of the cilantro lovers! I do not like regular mint though, but the flavored ones I love.

@aiai-j7i Ай бұрын

Ladies...have you tried a mojito? 😊

@pp20173 Ай бұрын

@@aiai-j7i lol yep. I don't like alcohol either.