Harvest

Mint

 

Growing strong

Too fast to use freshly picked

Dry it so the book says

Past from Great Granny

To her daughter

Mum to daughter down the line

The thick

Cookery and Household Management

Is her reference book

From Candle making to

A full Christmas Dinner

 

Cut on a warm dry summers day

Hung in bunches

In the garden shed

Amongst the tools

Mower strimmer spade and rake

Trays and pots

Paint and gardening bits and bobs

 

Left for days until the leaves wither

The days turn wet

Now move the bunches to a drier place

Put thin in an open tray, or

Cardboard box

 

Finally dry in a warming oven

And again as it cools

Strip the dry leaves from the stalks

Picking out the sharp woody leaf stems

Crunch the leaves

Place in an air tight box

For winter use

 

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

I love herbs and have my own herb garden. Not so much mint this year, but the lemon balm and rosemary have completely taken over. I have never dried any of the herbs. I will have to try. I enjoyed your poem about Granny's Cookery and Household Management book. Somewhere I have an old Mrs Beeton's cookery book. There is something really satisfying about passing recipes and tips down the line to the younger generation. Thank you Wild Rose. Have a lovely day and I liked your minty picture as well.


Chris

[Wild Rose]

Thank you Christine

The bit about Grannys book was aimed at you

I think most of the herbs can be dried in the same way > The book says to put them in a cool oven
We use the top oven when the main is cooking

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you so much. I appreciated the bit about Granny's book. Just about to pop out and see how my herb garden is doing.

[Wild Rose]

If you have had the rain we have just had - it will be swimming

[Chris Shaw]

No rain here today

[barleygirl]

Sometimes your writing can feel a little dry & technical . . . not a bad thing, but it's also fun to see you write like this, which has quite a bit more warmth & imagery, making it feel more poetic than some of yours do. I absolutely LOVE the name of the manual & the sampling of it's contents. That is a true relic from the past which makes me laugh becuz nobody does any of that stuff anymore. But I grew up on a farm, so I remember much of it & I love the way you present it, very original & detailed (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[LKBillips]

Setting up do to my mint harvest soon as well. It seems to have taken over my garden this year. Nice little write you have here. Thanks for sharing.

[Wild Rose]

Thank you > we cut it during the dry weather. Now it could be cut again

Iplanted two varieties in plant pots; now 12 months later it has expanded - Mint is like that

[Dave Brown]

All in good thyme as they say (who are 'they')
Wish we had that rain
very nice

[Wild Rose]

Rain: we were on the verge of a hosepipe ban
Stupidity is that they have stopped extracting water from two lakes. They are full while the reservoirs are almost empty


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Mint! My brother's garden was blessed with mints this year....I never knew mint can be produced so easily at house yard...but brother surprised me!
All the cold juices are having a great companion as mint this summer season...
I love this preservation process which is expressed through poetry so beautifully!
Thanks for sharing :)