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Re: spearmint vs peppermint
[Re: contessa]
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08/21/2009 09:19 AM
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I planted peppermint in our woods years ago, and it has taken over like wildfire!
The original plants came from the market... and still had some roots attached... I used what I needed and planted the rest... they all took, and we now have about 1/3 acre of woods covered in it... makes a good groundcover & forced out a lot of the bad undergrowth... smells good too...
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Re: spearmint vs peppermint
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08/21/2009 10:07 AM
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I do believe, when you buy just "mint" at the market... it is spearmint... When you buy peppermint, it's... well peppermint...
I prefer the taste of peppermint to spearmint myself... I like a few leaves crushed up in iced tea once in a great while... I also like it chopped and added to a fresh garden salad... and always lots of it, chopped and crushed, added to my rub for a Leg of Lamb (along with a lot of garlic & rosemary)!
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Re: spearmint vs peppermint
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08/21/2009 11:00 AM
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Think of the differance in taste between spearmint & peppermint gum... that's the differance... I definately don't like spearmint personally...
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Re: spearmint vs peppermint
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08/21/2009 01:39 PM
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Brian, do the deer like the mint?
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Re: spearmint vs peppermint
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08/21/2009 10:51 PM
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Augie said: Brian, do the deer like the mint? I don't think so... but it's hard to tell at our house, as Deb feeds them whole kernel corn and apple deer food every morning and night! Two gallon buckets each time... we go thru 150 pounds a week... two 50 pound bags of corn, one 50 pound bag of apple deer food... costs about $20/week... and the deer no longer eat her flowers...
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