How to Harvest and Preserve Your Mint Crop : The Chef's Garden

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Harvesting and preserving your mint crop is something you would want to do by choosing the nicest, brightest leaves. Harvest and preserve your mint crop with help from a classically-trained chef with experience in both world-class restaurants and private dining companies in this free video clip.

Expert: Teca Thompson
Filmmaker: Rudi Rose

Series Description: Herb gardening is actually really easy once you get the hang of it. Get tips on growing a wide variety of different herbs in and around your yard with help from a classically-trained chef with experience in both world-class restaurants and private dining companies in this free video series.

[carlosmoreno]

Love the fact that you got to the point.

[sunnydee]

My mint is out of control! I feel like I’m always cutting it down and it comes back thicker faster!

Fun tip on how I use up the excess mint:
-boil equal parts water and sugar (till completely melted/blended) to make a simple syrup then add a bunch of mint while it cools.
- I pour cold brew coffee into a cute glass mug and add the syrup and Baileys and garnish with a mint yum!
(Or you can substitute the Baileys for a milk/creamer of your choice.... but why😛)

[maziegibson]

My mom has tons of Mint in her garden, she planted on mint plant and not it spreading through her garden, I harvest it when it gets big and bundle it up and tie the ends with some twine and hang it from my moms pot and pan rack, it's a pretty decoration and then I grade it up and put it in tea bags.

[msdeightz]

Thank you! I love how quick and to the point this video is! Tells me just what I needed to know.

[echoindiajuliet]

My wife just asked me to do this and i knew i would double check on youtube!

[kpoole]

Thanks! Now I understand why my mint plant isn't growing, this is my second attempt.

[vincentpeppard]

Gotta look up when is a good time to take from em.

[jonathant]

Ms. Thompson needs to make new and more garden videos.

[martell]

How do you know when it’s time to harvest?

[mohammedmostafa]

I'm having healthy sweet ment but it doesn't smell and no test as mint should be also not strong smell as its lost the smell ... is there any solution?

[Kilt_Bilt]

Best way to dry herbs:
The fastest, easiest, safest, cheapest and eco-friendlyest way to dry any and all herbs is spread them out on a cookie sheet, place the cookie sheet on the dashboard of your car and park facing in direct sunlight (if possible). Depending on what herbs you are drying this will only take 1 full day, it might take a 2nd day if you had to interupt the process by driving the car, if the car cooled down because it was partly cloudy /overcast day, or just not very warm.

[perpetuallyconfused]

What does one do with dried mint? Or fresh mint? I have a very active plant but idk what to do with it

[kristinchester]

fresh mint is so much better though, that's why I have the plant lol so I don't have to preserve it anymore ;-)

[jolenebrimageprosper]

Great demonstration! May you speak up on your next?

[bpaul]

I'm having a very hard time concentrating on the mint.

[mykultrashe]

what a sad lookin plant. mine grew to 2 feet in 3 months. Im gonna have fresh spearmint n sweet mint for years

[Xcoming]

Is she as sweet as the mint too? Looks like it.

[bilalelhlimi]

why dry it? there is nothing better than fresh mint.. anyway you are hot.

[kocomaru]

My mint plant looking way better than yours bby