Loaded for my first farmer's market this year (beehaw.org)

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[Image description: the bed of my pickup truck is loaded with a bunch of plants]

We're bringing:

Common Ninebark
Black Chokeberry
Lemon Balm
Hoary Mountain Mint
Dappled Willow
Carolina Allspice
Variegated grasses
Spearmint
Goji Berry

To a market we haven't been to as vendors before. A friend who is a baker recommended that we attend since it gets more foot traffic than the other markets she and I had been in last year. Wish me luck!

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I have not heard of Hoary Mountain Mint. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pycnanthemum_incanum

"When crushed, the leaves emit a strong minty aroma, and are often used to flavor teas."

Sounds nice I wonder if the flavour is closer to Spearmint or peppermint?

Also Good Luck!

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Reporting back: still spearmint but more intensely spearmint than my spearmint, and the flavor stays longer than true spearmint. P. tenuifolium is also spearminty but those are in pots and not soil.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Nice I have also heard if you keep different types of mint near each other it can change the flavour of the mint.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Right now it's a little closer to Spearmint, but I lean towards having plants slightly hungry while potted. I planted out a bunch for us about a week ago, so they may have had some time to gather what they're after from the soil more adequately. I'll report back on that for you for sure. I've also got tenuifolium just about ready for planting so maybe a little compare/contrast is in order.

Thanks! Last year we had so much rain that people gave up on their gardens so I'm very hopeful after a nice start to June.

this post was submitted on 08 Jun 2024

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