Things you can do with that much of mint: 1. Make mint chutney(google the recipie) 2. Dry its leaves then after drying you can powder them, u can put it into different cold drinks, can put it on bread with butter, put into anything to make it refreshing. 3. Use in fresh salad
Yup, the stuff grows like crazy. Used to buy the stuff from the market. I would cut away the stems and use the leaves in a salsa. The stems went into the compost bin. - and before I knew it the mint had taken over the bin.
About a month ago I bought mint from my local grocery store. It's been growing really well in my house in this snowy winter we have had in Canada and really brings a nice aroma to the front room of our house. I saw a previous video you did about propagating Basil and figured I could try the same with Mint. I'm so glad to see you suggested as such at the end of this video. Love the idea about a container. Thank you for the advice and this video. You are awesome!
My favorite summer drink is water with fresh squeezed lime, ground ginger, crushed/torn peppermint and just a little honey. I would really like your recipe with the watermelon.
That mint has completely filled up that container! I will be doing the same because man... it can get invasive! We had it at the old house and it just took over!
I had a great one started outside in a pot last year and boy did it take off! Now I have a chocolate one sent threw the mail threw me from Amazon I think its a baby one.the leaves are turning brown ,and not sure what to do with it.its end of Feb and its inside of my house if I trim it there won't be a plant left,very small. Is there a treatment for it? Cause latter on I want to make tea,out of it but if I'm going to use the plant for food,dont want anything toxic!
Because of you I'm addicted to mint, I can't drink water without it, I have 7 containers all with different varieties!!! I would love to see more cooking videos as well using super grains, quinoa, winter squashes , Kale, soups you name it!! I always love your recipes and end up incorporating them into my families' dinners!🍲🍚🍢🍵
I love how you used a culvert as a planter. I have an old culvert I am going to cut and paint and plant something in by new culvert. Thanks for the up cycle idea❤
i just love mint not only does it taste and smell so good but its really hardy your so lucky to have such an amazing crop of mint its plenty for the entire block!!!!!!!! good luck to the winter garden
Hi , This is my first time growing anything , I have just started helping out with a little community garden in my area , so that give me the idea to grow a few herbs from home, I have just planted from seed last week so hopefully when my herbs grow i can plant some out side in my own garden . I have been checking you tube for growing tips and found your video very helpful thank you . I am growing , Basil , Parsley , Chives , Thyme and Mint , so fingers crossed .
Thank you for this upload. I trimmed back my chocolate and orange mint plants. The mint plant was looking a little leggy, so I gave it just a little bit of ecoscraps around the edge so it will slowly feed it, and it stood up within the last couple of hours. I've also had problems with small leaves, which do look pretty when you put a sprig of it down in a glass of cucumber water, but I'd like some bigger leaves too.
I'm a new subscriber and the one thing I admire about you is that you talk from the ground up. keep it going and I'm learning a lot from you. I would like you to talk more about starting seeds to plants and how to maintain it throughout the year.. Many thanks
Lol i did not think it was possible but i ended up killing my mint :( I was so sick I was unable to tend it at all. But i think i have some volunteers coming up so I think things will work out. I was so happy that I planted my in a container otherwise I would have mint for grass :) I live in zone 10 so maybe the sun just fried my mint. Another great video Kim! Thanks for sharing :)
@calikim29 i just want to say that i love your videos, I'm a beginner so they are super helpful. I got my 1st mint plant yesterday from the store just to try growing it i love mint and i hate when i run out and have to go with out in a recipe. Thanks 🙏🏼
Thanks, that was extremely helpful. I do all container gardening. I have always thrown out my mint after the fall. I didn't realize they would grow back in a container.
I'm late coming across your site CaliKim, but I have to say, 'Fantastic' just what I've been looking for, no nonsense, easy to following guides and instructions - I found you through searching Composting, (super videos which are a great help) a new venture of mine and have found so many useful videos in many areas to help. Brilliant work, keep it up, I will be a regular visitor now and steadily work through your library and Website.
Hello Paul, thanks so much for your support! So glad you are learning, growing your own food is a fun adventure, therapeutic and improves your health to boot. Look forward to hearing more about your garden as you learn!
Love this video about your mint. I just saw another video and someone had a plant in about a 2 or 3gal container looking pretty shabby, he took it out and cut it into fourths thru them main roots (rhizomes) and replanted in different containers. How cool is that! I'm finding that you can't plant different kinds in the same container or they intermingle and changes the flavor and not in a good way.
I want to plant mint (as many different kinds I can find) in between the Buckthorn I have along my fence. All you have to do to keep it 'tamed' is pull it and prune it and it will smell so good doing that!
Heyyah Ms. CALIKIM i just bought my mint and peppermint!! I am so happy and excited to grow lots of them...And I Love The Smell of them....so refreshing! Haha...i'm so excited to use it on my beverages...especially mom's bcoz she likes lemon and cucumber drinks..I'm watching your video right now coz i wanna learn thank you for the tips...It helped me a lot..
Since I dont do a lot in winter except watch the seeds grow, I could use help with that and maybe a few comfort recipes. Sometimes we need it here thanks. Sue
Hello Sue - I hear ya! Indoor growing is on the video list - and will add some comfort recipes as well! Stay tuned - I"ll be sending CA warm sun your way through my videos all winter long!
Just some suggestions in general. Nothing to do with winter activities in the garden specifically but some topics I'd love to see covered. 1. trees, although fruit is a big investment some trees can be grown in large pots. And one of the ones I've had the most back and forth success /and/ failure with are avocado trees. I've also gotten citrus trees to grow from seeds (spat them out in the nearest planter and oh joy they grew!) but again not all of them survive. Although they're a bit odd, container trees are possible, you have to use pruning techniques to steer their growth outward instead of upward. In addition deciduous trees like apple or oak sequester more carbon than evergreens, so an organic tree is good for the environment. 2. invasive species that started as garden plants - here in MA a lot of garden plants from roses and raspberries to bittersweet are invasive. But some of these invasives are edible. One example here is the cold hardy kiwi, currently strangling three acres of the neighboring town's forest land. >.> eat 'em to beat 'em is a common strategy for some of these invasive species. 3. foraging - out in california you have a wild edible i want to try so bad and a local specialty, acorn pancakes from long oak acorns. But there are a lot of garden weeds that are edible too, dandelions, sowthistle, and the one that makes me sneeze; shepherd's purse (damn you allergies!)
Thank you! What I find amazing is how quickly they come back to life after forgetting to water them!! Should they be watered everyday? I live in a hot climate!
Ok. I Love peppermint! If I could grow peppermint, to cover an outside wall, (like ivy?!) I choose, the peppermint!!! I need lots of it for Outside my house! & I'll grow a little indoor garden, (on my kitchen window shelf!) for my tea!
Thank you, we have 10 mint plants to plant on the far side of our pond. It’s a huge section, and we are looking for it to BE INVASIVE. Yes, to help with mosquitoes! I hope it works. I read that if you bruise the foliage the scent will deter those nasty things. Thanks
First to comment. Have you ever tried to start a patch of Back to Eden Garden method using woodchips? I'm trying it right now with a small part of my garden, so far it's looking good. As time goes by and the plants are better developed, I'll share the results with you. Give it a try with a small patch. Are all invited to the party Saturday?
Hello Rick - thanks for being first! I have used wood chips in my garden, but am rethinking it. The wood chips I used came free from the city, and were not the best quality. It's good to start with a corner of your garden \, use high quality chips, and see how it goes. Look forward to hearing your results! Sure, come on over!
OK Kim what is the quality difference in wood chips. Keep in mind raw wood chips take longer to give good results. Also Paul G. of Back to Edin fame uses composted wood chips from his chicken pin. I tried composted wood chips with cow manure with great results this year.
What kind of mint are you growing for Mojitos? Peppermint or spearmint? I have peppermint spearmint and chocolate mint! I use chocolate mint with whipped cream vodka and orange vanilla seltzer. Do you think peppermint would be too strong for a Mojito or infused water? Thanks!
Clayton Curry there is a mojito mint plant. I use spearmint as I did not like the taste of peppermint for mojitos. I have way to much spearmint to justify buying a mojito mint plant, otherwise I would.
great informative video! Thanx for the tips!...:-) I've actually propagating some sweet mint and chocolate mint for the first time ever, can't wait to see the results! Happy Fall Gardening!...:-)
I just came back from Mexico and tried mojito for the first time and now I'm addicted. I decided to grow my own mint as walmart is hit and miss on good minty. I picked up a container and potting soil and seeds online. Do you recommend adding plant food to the soil when starting out ?
Is that really 1 single plant? I was searching on your channel about mint because I have 2 small ones I started this year in a pot and so far they are both growing like a single twig. Well, off to browse the rest of the results on your channel maybe my question is already answered in those. Great videos!
I don't have a garden so I was thinking of growing it in pots on the balcony. I was curious about the winter time when you cut it back, does the plant still need to be watered to keep it going and how much watering does the plant need?
Imo peppermint leaves are super medicine-like. Like they'd be wonderful for making tea or medicine or syrups but I cannot eat the leaves straight (it burns!).
Thanks for the video. I always though by trimming it back that far I would kill that poor plant. Lol, I have the worst luck. I'm in Southern Texas and our mint explodes during summer. I guess cutting it that far back during summer heat is not a good idea? Love your videos!!
Hello Terri, thanks for your support! I cut mine back any time of the year, when it gets woody, or if the leaves just start getting small. I"ve cut it down to nubs before, and no problem, it always grows back. Keep me posted!
Thank you so much I very new at gardening so I really needed this tip, a question though when is a good time to water it( twice a week or 3 times a week// thank you much in advance love the video 👍👍👍
HI! I planted four potted Peppermint plants under the Crape Myrtle. Although I water them and keep them moist and they've grown significantly, it seems not as fast as they are known for? Are the tree roots fighting with the rhizomes when they go under? thaNk yOu
Sure is a beautiful garden, I wish I could have one like that. I could but I'd have to spend a lot of money to get the soil right or hire a landscaper, we don't have well drained soil and the direct sunlight gets so hot it just burns everything up, even the grass. My Alliums and beans do fabulous and my pumpkin on a stick. But can't get anything else to grow other than lilacs. Living in high and dry country with a short growing season doesn't help easy planting.
I have to trim and pull my mint down constantly. That stuff grows like a weed. My tips for growing are stick it in the ground, water, and let it get sunshine. And before you know it you'll have a hundred pounds of it invading your garden lol.
I live in MA. i remember an earlier video of yours stating to bring strawberry towers inside for the winter. how do you water it and keep it alive without damaging your floors throughout the winter? I'm new to gardening (just this past spring) so this is my 1st winter with all of my plants. if you could do some videos of what to do with your plants once you've brought them in for the winter (different video for each plant. that way you'll have several short winter videos.) I think that could be helpful for many gardeners especially new gardeners like myself.
Hello Mutima, Strawberries will tolerate pretty cold temps, down to 10 degrees F, if they are dormant. you may want to try keeping them in your garage, near an internal wall, rather than in your house. You can even ever them with a sheet to keep them in the dark, thus keeping them dormant. Their water requirements will be less, since they are not producing, but do keep the soil damp. Place a tray of some sort under the crates to catch the water. I will be doing an indoor gardening series, soon , so stay tuned! Thanks for watching!
HOW DOES IT DO IN A HANGING BASKET AND DO BIRD EAT IT. IT SEEMS THAT EVERY TIME I GET something to grow the birds get to it before I do. It there any thing I can plant with both the mint and the cherry toms from hanging baskets that will deter birds? I love your videos.
Can I plant in containers and keep indoors over winter? I love mint and you are right it grows fast out doors. Love putting in my infused waters. Great tips. Thank you for sharing.:)
Yes, you can. It is a perennial in zones 4-9, so if you are in one of these zones, it will overwinter just fine outdoors. Totally up to you! The infused water is one of my favs. Thanks for watching, Pam!
CaliKim29 Garden & Home DIY Thank you for the information. I believe I am with in the zones for letting it over winter out doors. I want to have a container in doors as well. Now I can. Again thank you I appreciate it immensely. :)
Mint survives over winter even if it dies back a bit. But it needs re-potting every year anyway due to aggressive root system - and be careful, don't use that potting mix for anything else once amending it because even tiny rhizome pieces will result in new mint places popping up here and there.
I'll put this on the "videos to film list". In the meantime, check out my blog post on this topic, calikimgardenandhome.com/how-to-prepare-your-soil-for-garden-vegetables/. Thanks for stopping by!
Hello Florida Gardener, I posted a video on refreshing container soil in response to your question - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7bp6TrlYCnc.html. Hope this helps, at least with the container soil!
Great tips on growing mint. I love growing several varieties for tea and other drinks. I love your red planters. Red is one of my favorite colors and I've been looking for large red planters for a garden space... Did you purchase those red or did you have to paint them? Take Care, :) Peaches
Glad enjoyed the mint tips, a fun herb to grow! Our red planters used to be an old piece of galvanized pipe that a local farmer was getting rid of. We cut in in lengths and spray painted it to use in the garden. I enjoy the texture and color it adds. Thanks for stopping by!
Morning Kim, I have a peppermint plant that looks matted and flat, it's outgrown it's pot so I planned on putting it in the earth in an area that could use some ground cover, I want to do the same with my Lemon thyme, Kimba, how do you plant a matted short and wide plant? Maybe I should cut it in thirds first? It's so hard to plant something so shallow with no real rootball, how do we do this? Thanks again
Hello Angella- glad you enjoyed the mint. You'll want to grow veggies that like the warm weather, check out the $10 Garden Series, ru-vid.com/group/PLH4z_9MDD00Lion_2NWKsyvPWLezSQ4-v, and my eBook, "Growing 5 Warm Weather Veggies Made Easy", calikimgardenandhome.com/calikims-products/, for all the details you will need how how to grow lots of warm weather veggies there in Jamaica!
