I am a nurse after long shifts I take the tough leaves and put a couple cups in some cheesecloth get a foot pan filled with hot water steep the tea until temp is good for foot soaking and it will refresh your entire body if you soak for 20 mins .
Thanks for adding that EPV! That sounds so nice! And what a good use for those old, tough leaves. Even the tough stems have a lot of oils in them. Thanks for being a nurse, that's such hard and important work! Keep your feet happy! : )
It's so good to see a video on your channel after a long time. Just love everything about your channel. Thank You, stay blessed. Best wishes from India 🇮🇳
Glad to see you post again! Love your wealth of knowledge and details you share. I was worried this spring when I didnt see your channel pop up. Sent 🙌 &💗 btw i love your cooking and prep tips too. Gonna try these scones and like em thin too😉
Thanks for the kind words, Barbara Musella. You know my channel well! I have usually gone quiet in the summer and pop back up in the spring. Gonna try to have a longer season this time. There's so much good to eat out there and I have a lot of video to edit. Enjoy your mint!
Hey, kleineroteHex, nice to see you here. I'm glad you have mint flowers to use. Mint plants, of so many kinds, are great to have around. I hope you enjoy your mint flower scones! :D
@@HaphazardHomestead I'm always excited when a new video from you shows in my notifications! Always think of you when I look at my yucca too😊 the scones have to wait until fall, I cut my mints now to dry or compost, the grow like weeds!!! Have to cut them back every so often.
Thank you for positing again. I always enjoy your videos. I always learn a lot and they are so down to earth and full of practical ideas. I have missed your posts. I
IDo you let any of your mint plants flower in the summer? The flowers are nice for pollinating insects and for eating, too!f you have a favorite scone recipe that you already use, just add those mint flowers. I add between 1/4 and 1/3 cup of finely chopped mint flowers to this recipe, but you can see that the exact amount is not critical.
Thank you so much! You are fabulous and possess a wealth of knowledge ! You should write a book ! It would be superb! Do you teach or do on site classes where you live? I’d take a trip from here in New Jersey to learn from you. No kidding
Oh my, for sure! Although I usually end up saying "Holy Smokes!" while I'm eating them. They are so good. I hope you can try them yourself sometime, FFontheEno. Have a great summer!
Really glad to see a new video from you! Mint has always been kind and gentle on my tummy whenever it's not doing well. It's interesting to learn how you've incorporated the flowers into something delicious beyond mint tea.
Yay, you found my latest video, RU Listening! I've seen your comments in different videos asking when there would be a new one. Nice to know another Oregonian. I"m glad you have mint near you! And I hope the drought isn't stressing your mint too much!
Just found your account and I love it! The perfect balance of foraging and cooking information. I've been getting into foraging over the past year or so and will be using your tips and recipes extensively!
Thanks, lello333! It's nice how we can share a love of plants even on different continents. That's one thing I really like about using plants. They connect us all together. Have a great summer in beautiful Italy!
I'm glad you enjoyed my spearmint flower scones, Franklin Wahl! I hope your stress winds down, too. There are some ideas in the comments here that people have suggested, using mint to relieve stress by soaking their feet or spritzing spearmint water on themselves. Or enjoying just a simple cup of spearmint tea. But less stress seems like that would help, too! Take care and I hope you like my future videos, too.
Very nice that you are so rich in spearmint, WOTW! It would be so nice for more people to have spearmint in their own yards or places they know, and so easy, too, to start with just one sprig like you did. It's an amazing plant! I hope you like the mint flower scones if you try them!
@@HaphazardHomesteadI will definitely try the scones! Speaking of invasive mints, my 3-acre pasture is covered in pennyroyal! It smells heavenly but apparently is toxic if ingested and it seems to attract insects rather than repel them (the honeybees love it!). Lemon balm is growing here too and I didn’t plant that either but I’m grateful 😄.
What an interesting recipe! The super cold we had in Texas in February, appears to have killed my mint plant, I'll have to get more in order to try these. Love the information and knowledge you share with us!
Too bad about your mint plants, Donna Leveron. That was a brutal February in your area and so many people suffered. At least spearmint plants are quick to grow, even from a small plant or even a sprig of a plant. I hope you have a good mint patch soon, and I'm glad you are enjoying my videos!
Its great to have ya back! Definitely the high point of my day. If I run into some flowering spearmint I'm comin back to this recipe for sure. I would bet those flowers would be good as a compound butter, slathered over a peeled and quartered pineapple, then packed with brown sugar n baked in a 300° oven. I can imagine it really brightening up the flavor nicely. 🌿🍍🍽👈 What we really need is a good ol fashioned episode of will I eat this or not. 🍄but the recipe vids are always boss material as well
Thanks for the kind words, Douglas D! That is quite a specific idea for using spearmint flowers. I bet that would be tasty. I'll have to plan on getting a pineapple when my mint flowers this summer! :D The last "Will I Eat This Or Not?" video caused weird things with my channel and kind of spooked me off. But I have so many mushrooms for that series, so you will see more of them. I'm just going to do them anyway.
You're welcome, InTheWend. Best of luck with your mints. They may grow better if you keep them cut back and not flowering for their first year. But after that, mints are strong plants. You will like seeing all the insects that show up to your mint flowers. It's amazing. Happy mint growing!
Thanks for stopping by, MsHomesteader! Yes, I've been inspired by some of Brenda's videos, like picking redbud and her pokeweed picking and cooking. It's always nice to see people enjoying nature's bounty. I hope you enjoy my future videos!
Holly, What a short, but very Sweet little vid! I want to ask while I'm thinkin' on it .... Would you please do a vid on the various Mints and How To tell the difference between them? One good way to use mint is to rinse, soak any part of the plant in water for a few hours, strain, pour into spray bottle with a couple tsp. of food grade alcohol (vodka?) and use as a room and or body refresher. Spray on palm of hand and bottom of feet for cooling down fast. I'm especially excited about this vid, because many people, as well as myself, have mint (for many uses), roses (for the jam spread), peaches (for the sherbet). Yummers! : )
Mint plus roses plus peaches makes for some good eating at your place, rockreader4! I'm fortunate to have them in my yard, too, for sure. Thanks for adding how you like to use mint to keep cool and refreshed! I better make a plan for our next heat wave! : ) That's quite a tall order for a video on mint! There are 15 recognized species in the genus Mentha in North America (8 in Oregon) and 833 species in the Mint family (77 in Oregon), many with "mint" in their common name. No wonder we all feel overwhelmed by all the mints sometime. But there are some common mints that I could pull together, I think. If you have any specific ones in mind, let me know. That would help narrow it down. The mint family contributes a lot to our food, no matter where we live, especially if we consider wild edible plants, too. Thanks for the idea! Enjoy your spearmint!
@@HaphazardHomestead Holly, Thanks for getting back to me so fast. A few of the most common mints will do beautifully. Perhaps throw in a couple lesser known or unusual facts about mint (for fun). Herbs and Hugs to you, from Nance in Nor Cali.
I have learned so much from your channel, Holly! I didn't know there are so many wild edibles out there! Great information to know, especially during these uncertain times! God's blessings to you & your family! 🙏🌱😊🙏
Hi Brenda, so nice to see you here! The rose honey is so easy. I did have to figure out which of my roses have good and strong flavors. I gather the petals in the morning so the aroma and flavor is at its peak. Then I just chop the petals into tiny pieces and add them to the honey for a few days. I use it within 2-3 months, so the flavor is still strong. Maybe I'll do a video on that pretty soon. It's so easy. Have a great summer with all your plants and animals!
Your channel is good that you can learn something's that we can't even know that is to eat can drink ,this is awesome,thank you so much for the new idea.
Great to see you again, looks like things are growing good in your area. As usual things are slow growing up here, but they are growing. The spearmint is just popping it's head out of the soil but when it grows I will be trying this. Dandelions are flowering and for some fun in the kitchen, I'm goind to make your fried dendelion flower recipes today thanks a bunch!
Hey, Tall Cedars, nice to see you here. I'm glad you have spearmint near you. We've had a heat wave here, so it cools me down just thinking of your dandelions flowering only now. I hope you enjoy your fried dandelion flowers. I like the 3rd way the best because then they taste like mushrooms to me. Happy foraging and welcome to your springtime! :D
Tea is a good way to enjoy the flowers, ArtichokeHunter. I'm glad you enjoy them that way. These scones are worth trying. The flowers are good in cookies, too, like a shortbread or sugar cookie. There are other ideas in the comments already, too. It's nice that so many people are enjoying mint in so many ways!
@@HaphazardHomestead When I've put other types of edible flowers in shortbread, I've often found that the flavor gets lost in baking and they just taste like normal shortbread. But since mint keeps its flavor so well dried, that sounds like a great bet! And the scones look delicious!
Basil is a mint, and has such a nice flavor. My thoughts? I think I'll try that myself. So thanks for the idea! :D I expect basil flowers scones will be really good, but more on the savory side rather than minty.
Those scones look delicious! My diet restricts carb intake for medical reasons, but I wonder how an almond flour version would do 🤔 I'm definitely game for "researching"! 😄
I'm very interested in how your almond-mint scones turn out, eksophia, if you try that out. I appreciate when people share their adaptations to something I make, because we don't all eat exactly alike. Enjoy your "research" and I hope it produces good results! : )
Yeah I never see anything about mint flowers. I have acess to a big patch of chocolate mint and I spend some time, once it flowers, harvesting the flowers drying and curing them for tea. I like to add tulsi and dragonhead flowers a piece of aged orange lime lemon peel and a dried marigold flower.
Just made these! They are in the oven right now. I appreciate your channel! Thank you! I'm going to search for the recipe for your rose petal honey. I presume you just put the rose petals in the honey and leave it sit in the sun for some weeks?
I hope you enjoyed your mint flower scones, Susan from the Mountains. With the rose petal honey, I don't put it in the sun. I leave it on the counter or put it in the pantry. In the sun, the rose petals lose their color. The results really depend a lot on the roses you use. I find the more fragrant roses don't take long to flavor the honey. Enjoy your mint and roses!
@@HaphazardHomestead Thank you! Yes, we loved them both! I'm making another batch today while the mint is outside and flowered so nicely and the roses as well. Thanks for sharing again with us these delights and also thanks for giving me a reply. I appreciate it! 🙂
Oh nifty! I have a friend who makes lilac and dandelion scones on a regular basis, (separately that is, I don’t think she combines them) so I immediately sent her a link to this. :) how do you think they’d go with cheese? I don’t bake much because I am sadly gluten free, but I make Brazilian cheese-tapioca every so often and I bet it would be neat to add mint flowers!
I have cats, but I don't have any catnip plants. : ( I'll keep my eyes open for catnip flowers in other gardens I see. Maybe other people will put their catnip flower ideas here. : )
I paid a hefty price for some spearmint seeds from a well known place online. I received 100 seeds and I seem to have a green thumb, like my Mama had, and not one of those seeds came up! I am so disapointed! Blessings
You don't need sings you just need a cutting stick it in water let it rude stick it in the ground you'll have as much as you want and then you'll be bitching about too much
I am a nurse after long shifts I take the tough leaves and put a couple cups in some cheesecloth get a foot pan filled with hot water steep the tea until temp is good for foot soaking and it will refresh your entire body if you soak for 20 mins .
Thanks for adding that EPV! That sounds so nice! And what a good use for those old, tough leaves. Even the tough stems have a lot of oils in them. Thanks for being a nurse, that's such hard and important work! Keep your feet happy! : )
Mint pairs up with onions so much in my salads.
Haphazard is back❣️Yay!
It's so good to see a video on your channel after a long time.
Just love everything about your channel.
Thank You, stay blessed.
Best wishes from India 🇮🇳
you are the best scone maker in our hearts
That's so sweet, Dwight Nash! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Glad to see you post again! Love your wealth of knowledge and details you share. I was worried this spring when I didnt see your channel pop up. Sent 🙌 &💗 btw i love your cooking and prep tips too. Gonna try these scones and like em thin too😉
Thanks for the kind words, Barbara Musella. You know my channel well! I have usually gone quiet in the summer and pop back up in the spring. Gonna try to have a longer season this time. There's so much good to eat out there and I have a lot of video to edit. Enjoy your mint!
Amazing! You amaze every time I love your stuff
Now I know what to do with my mint flowers😊
Hey, kleineroteHex, nice to see you here. I'm glad you have mint flowers to use. Mint plants, of so many kinds, are great to have around. I hope you enjoy your mint flower scones! :D
@@HaphazardHomestead I'm always excited when a new video from you shows in my notifications! Always think of you when I look at my yucca too😊 the scones have to wait until fall, I cut my mints now to dry or compost, the grow like weeds!!! Have to cut them back every so often.
"I'm glad you're here." Thanks Holly. I'm super glad you're here too!! Enjoyed this video, and the scones look yummy!
You're welcome, Omio Elevation, and I appreciate your nice thoughts. I hope you can enjoy some mint flowers yourself sometime!
Thank you for positing again. I always enjoy your videos. I always learn a lot and they are so down to earth and full of practical ideas. I have missed your posts. I
IDo you let any of your mint plants flower in the summer? The flowers are nice for pollinating insects and for eating, too!f you have a favorite scone recipe that you already use, just add those mint flowers. I add between 1/4 and 1/3 cup of finely chopped mint flowers to this recipe, but you can see that the exact amount is not critical.
Thank you so much! You are fabulous and possess a wealth of knowledge ! You should write a book ! It would be superb! Do you teach or do on site classes where you live? I’d take a trip from here in New Jersey to learn from you. No kidding
I am just glad you are ok.
I was getting worried.
Rose petal honey on spearmint flower scones- oh my!!!! 🌺☘️🤪💕
Oh my, for sure! Although I usually end up saying "Holy Smokes!" while I'm eating them. They are so good. I hope you can try them yourself sometime, FFontheEno. Have a great summer!
Really glad to see a new video from you! Mint has always been kind and gentle on my tummy whenever it's not doing well. It's interesting to learn how you've incorporated the flowers into something delicious beyond mint tea.
I am so glad to hear from you.
It seems like it has been awhile.
I have this mint in my yard, here in Oregon.
Thanks for the ideas.
Yay, you found my latest video, RU Listening! I've seen your comments in different videos asking when there would be a new one. Nice to know another Oregonian. I"m glad you have mint near you! And I hope the drought isn't stressing your mint too much!
I'm so glad you are back. I made some tea and watched your video!
Thanks, Jo Jo! Tea and scones sounds like a pretty good combination! : )
Please make more videos ☺️ I enjoy them ❤️
Just found your account and I love it! The perfect balance of foraging and cooking information. I've been getting into foraging over the past year or so and will be using your tips and recipes extensively!
love your videos:) grretings and love from Italy..
Thanks, lello333! It's nice how we can share a love of plants even on different continents. That's one thing I really like about using plants. They connect us all together. Have a great summer in beautiful Italy!
Your videos are very educative. I enjoy them very much. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Have a great summer 🙂
You're welcome, Emily W. There are so many great plants and mushrooms to get to know. You have a great summer, too!
I can’t tell you how much I appreciate your post! It was a great surprise and a major bright spot in my stress full week!
I'm glad you enjoyed my spearmint flower scones, Franklin Wahl! I hope your stress winds down, too. There are some ideas in the comments here that people have suggested, using mint to relieve stress by soaking their feet or spritzing spearmint water on themselves. Or enjoying just a simple cup of spearmint tea. But less stress seems like that would help, too! Take care and I hope you like my future videos, too.
So glad you’re back in action!
Wonderful to see you again! Great video thank you :)
Thanks, Forestgyrl! Glad you stopped in to watch and comment, and enjoyed my video. Happy summer!
I planted a sprig of spearmint in my garden 10 years ago and it’s everywhere now ☺️ Thanks so much for this idea!
Very nice that you are so rich in spearmint, WOTW! It would be so nice for more people to have spearmint in their own yards or places they know, and so easy, too, to start with just one sprig like you did. It's an amazing plant! I hope you like the mint flower scones if you try them!
@@HaphazardHomesteadI will definitely try the scones! Speaking of invasive mints, my 3-acre pasture is covered in pennyroyal! It smells heavenly but apparently is toxic if ingested and it seems to attract insects rather than repel them (the honeybees love it!). Lemon balm is growing here too and I didn’t plant that either but I’m grateful 😄.
What an interesting recipe! The super cold we had in Texas in February, appears to have killed my mint plant, I'll have to get more in order to try these. Love the information and knowledge you share with us!
Too bad about your mint plants, Donna Leveron. That was a brutal February in your area and so many people suffered. At least spearmint plants are quick to grow, even from a small plant or even a sprig of a plant. I hope you have a good mint patch soon, and I'm glad you are enjoying my videos!
Its great to have ya back! Definitely the high point of my day.
If I run into some flowering spearmint I'm comin back to this recipe for sure. I would bet those flowers would be good as a compound butter, slathered over a peeled and quartered pineapple, then packed with brown sugar n baked in a 300° oven. I can imagine it really brightening up the flavor nicely. 🌿🍍🍽👈
What we really need is a good ol fashioned episode of will I eat this or not. 🍄but the recipe vids are always boss material as well
Thanks for the kind words, Douglas D! That is quite a specific idea for using spearmint flowers. I bet that would be tasty. I'll have to plan on getting a pineapple when my mint flowers this summer! :D The last "Will I Eat This Or Not?" video caused weird things with my channel and kind of spooked me off. But I have so many mushrooms for that series, so you will see more of them. I'm just going to do them anyway.
I put the leaves in my coffee pot instead of coffee
Nice tip, Stone Mason! Thanks for sharing it! I guess you call it the Mint Pot instead of the Coffee Pot, lol. :D
Thank you for this video!! I'm growing different mints for the first time and this was an excellent way to use my plants when they flower 🌺
You're welcome, InTheWend. Best of luck with your mints. They may grow better if you keep them cut back and not flowering for their first year. But after that, mints are strong plants. You will like seeing all the insects that show up to your mint flowers. It's amazing. Happy mint growing!
Homesteading the Pioneer way shared your page, sure glad she did. Looking forward to watching your vlogs.
Thanks for stopping by, MsHomesteader! Yes, I've been inspired by some of Brenda's videos, like picking redbud and her pokeweed picking and cooking. It's always nice to see people enjoying nature's bounty. I hope you enjoy my future videos!
Holly, What a short, but very Sweet little vid! I want to ask while I'm thinkin' on it .... Would you please do a vid on the various Mints and How To tell the difference between them? One good way to use mint is to rinse, soak any part of the plant in water for a few hours, strain, pour into spray bottle with a couple tsp. of food grade alcohol (vodka?) and use as a room and or body refresher. Spray on palm of hand and bottom of feet for cooling down fast.
I'm especially excited about this vid, because many people, as well as myself, have mint (for many uses), roses (for the jam spread), peaches (for the sherbet). Yummers! : )
Mint plus roses plus peaches makes for some good eating at your place, rockreader4! I'm fortunate to have them in my yard, too, for sure. Thanks for adding how you like to use mint to keep cool and refreshed! I better make a plan for our next heat wave! : )
That's quite a tall order for a video on mint! There are 15 recognized species in the genus Mentha in North America (8 in Oregon) and 833 species in the Mint family (77 in Oregon), many with "mint" in their common name. No wonder we all feel overwhelmed by all the mints sometime. But there are some common mints that I could pull together, I think. If you have any specific ones in mind, let me know. That would help narrow it down. The mint family contributes a lot to our food, no matter where we live, especially if we consider wild edible plants, too. Thanks for the idea! Enjoy your spearmint!
@@HaphazardHomestead Holly, Thanks for getting back to me so fast. A few of the most common mints will do beautifully. Perhaps throw in a couple lesser known or unusual facts about mint (for fun). Herbs and Hugs to you, from Nance in Nor Cali.
how beautiful and looking delicious, as ever :)) mmm Thanks, you make joyful videos!
I have learned so much from your channel, Holly! I didn't know there are so many wild edibles out there! Great information to know, especially during these uncertain times! God's blessings to you & your family! 🙏🌱😊🙏
So good to see you, i have missed your videos, the scones looked so good, how do you make the rose honey? blessings your YT friend
Hi Brenda, so nice to see you here! The rose honey is so easy. I did have to figure out which of my roses have good and strong flavors. I gather the petals in the morning so the aroma and flavor is at its peak. Then I just chop the petals into tiny pieces and add them to the honey for a few days. I use it within 2-3 months, so the flavor is still strong. Maybe I'll do a video on that pretty soon. It's so easy. Have a great summer with all your plants and animals!
@@HaphazardHomestead Thanks i all ways learn from you
Awesome!
Glad you think so! I hope you can enjoy some mint, too!
Just planted a spearmint plant along with 3 lemon balm for teas. Thankyou for the incentive and advice!
Your channel is good that you can learn something's that we can't even know that is to eat can drink ,this is awesome,thank you so much for the new idea.
Not a hard recipe that gives some yummy looking scones!
Great to see you again, looks like things are growing good in your area. As usual things are slow growing up here, but they are growing. The spearmint is just popping it's head out of the soil but when it grows I will be trying this.
Dandelions are flowering and for some fun in the kitchen, I'm goind to make your fried dendelion flower recipes today thanks a bunch!
Hey, Tall Cedars, nice to see you here. I'm glad you have spearmint near you. We've had a heat wave here, so it cools me down just thinking of your dandelions flowering only now. I hope you enjoy your fried dandelion flowers. I like the 3rd way the best because then they taste like mushrooms to me. Happy foraging and welcome to your springtime! :D
Love your informational videos. Always so good. Thank you, I will have to try these!
I've only really made tea with mint flowers but I want to try more things.
Tea is a good way to enjoy the flowers, ArtichokeHunter. I'm glad you enjoy them that way. These scones are worth trying. The flowers are good in cookies, too, like a shortbread or sugar cookie. There are other ideas in the comments already, too. It's nice that so many people are enjoying mint in so many ways!
@@HaphazardHomestead When I've put other types of edible flowers in shortbread, I've often found that the flavor gets lost in baking and they just taste like normal shortbread. But since mint keeps its flavor so well dried, that sounds like a great bet! And the scones look delicious!
Yum! Will have to try mint flower scones soon
Yum i want some scones now lol
I love this! Thank you so much for sharing!!
Thanks for sharing!
I wonder if I can do this with my basil that went to flower…thoughts?
If you try it Natalie, let us know!
Basil is a mint, and has such a nice flavor. My thoughts? I think I'll try that myself. So thanks for the idea! :D I expect basil flowers scones will be really good, but more on the savory side rather than minty.
basil and maybe sun dried tomato sounds yummy?
Those scones look delicious! My diet restricts carb intake for medical reasons, but I wonder how an almond flour version would do 🤔 I'm definitely game for "researching"! 😄
I'm very interested in how your almond-mint scones turn out, eksophia, if you try that out. I appreciate when people share their adaptations to something I make, because we don't all eat exactly alike. Enjoy your "research" and I hope it produces good results! : )
Yeah I never see anything about mint flowers. I have acess to a big patch of chocolate mint and I spend some time, once it flowers, harvesting the flowers drying and curing them for tea. I like to add tulsi and dragonhead flowers a piece of aged orange lime lemon peel and a dried marigold flower.
Just made these! They are in the oven right now. I appreciate your channel! Thank you!
I'm going to search for the recipe for your rose petal honey. I presume you just put the rose petals in the honey and leave it sit in the sun for some weeks?
I hope you enjoyed your mint flower scones, Susan from the Mountains. With the rose petal honey, I don't put it in the sun. I leave it on the counter or put it in the pantry. In the sun, the rose petals lose their color. The results really depend a lot on the roses you use. I find the more fragrant roses don't take long to flavor the honey. Enjoy your mint and roses!
@@HaphazardHomestead Thank you! Yes, we loved them both! I'm making another batch today while the mint is outside and flowered so nicely and the roses as well. Thanks for sharing again with us these delights and also thanks for giving me a reply. I appreciate it! 🙂
Oh nifty! I have a friend who makes lilac and dandelion scones on a regular basis, (separately that is, I don’t think she combines them) so I immediately sent her a link to this. :) how do you think they’d go with cheese? I don’t bake much because I am sadly gluten free, but I make Brazilian cheese-tapioca every so often and I bet it would be neat to add mint flowers!
What do you do with your CATNIP BLOOMS.😋
I have cats, but I don't have any catnip plants. : ( I'll keep my eyes open for catnip flowers in other gardens I see. Maybe other people will put their catnip flower ideas here. : )
I grow catnip but have only ever used it in tea and to entertain my cats 😉
I make Italian ice from mint
I paid a hefty price for some spearmint seeds from a well known place online. I received 100 seeds and I seem to have a green thumb, like my Mama had, and not one of those seeds came up! I am so disapointed! Blessings
You don't need sings you just need a cutting stick it in water let it rude stick it in the ground you'll have as much as you want and then you'll be bitching about too much