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dehydrating mint… don't make the same mistakes i did - west coast notebook
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dehydrating mint… don't make the same mistakes i did
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the first year i mint i just cut the hung them up and put to in the sun
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left them too long
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they were brown and dusty
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little brown
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year i tried each of the batches as tea and i have to say they were disgusting. sort of like dirty dishwater without any flavour
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all herbs
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so why wasn't i able to get some decent tea out of it
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okay… so i could use it but what on those winter nights after dinner
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the second thing i learned was to pick the mint first thing in the morning after the dew has dried. the oils in the plant are the strongest and most concentrated at this time
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the third thing i learned was if you put the dehydrated on too high a setting
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supposedly the best time to pick is just before the mint plant forms a flower bud as you will get the most flavour from the at this time
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so
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to start the process i picked it in the morning after the dew was off the leaves
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arranging the mint as in the pictures below i proceeded to put on the dehydrator
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making sure that the dehydrator was set at the lowest level i started the machine
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the spearmint looked a little brown
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both mints smelled delicious
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to give it the taste test i made two of tea to sample and they were both aromatic and pleasing to the palate
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i now say that my mint dehydration has the smell of success… in more ways than one
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to how to use an pot as a steam juicer - diy
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how to use an pot as a steam juicer - diy
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having extra fruit i decided to see how to use an pot as a steam juicer
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this actually wasn't my first thought as originally i had just watched a video on making juice
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to visit from a cedar waxwing
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visit from a cedar waxwing
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i immediately grabbed my camera as there are mainly downy woodpeckers in the yard and i only get a hairy maybe once
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written by heather in blog
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after two years of failures
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what's the secret you ask? follow the experts
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result
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no smell
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the second year
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results
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no smell
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after two years of trying
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not
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this year
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as you see from the picture
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but as i mentioned earlier
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i ended up
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checking them every hour to see how they were progressing
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even though it was a little more work
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as the were smaller on the spearmint
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heather
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recent posts
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sitting in my office today i glanced out the window and saw a hairy woodpecker
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