Have potted or garden mint you would like to preserve before the cold weather sets in? Try this Easy Homemade Mint Extract...
Those of you who have been following me on Instagram may remember when I came back from our vacation to Savannah and Hilton Head over the summer to discover that my potted mint plant was pretty sickly. I posted a photo hoping for advice or a diagnosis, and then made the bold decision to transplant the darn thing.... right into my garden.
Granted, I had heard the horror stories of mint aggressively taken over entire gardens, but I was willing to risk it. I mean, there were over 2 months of summertime mojito sipping at stake then, folks! ;)
Luckily, the risk I took paid off. The mint bounced back, thrived, did not take over my entire garden, and now I have an abundance of it at my fingertips daily.
But now that summer has ended and colder nights are on the horizon, I am busily trying to harvest and preserve my beautiful, fragrant garden mint before the frost sets in.
My first mint preservation project? Homemade Mint Extract! After doing a little peeking around on Google, I discovered that making your own mint extract at home is ridiculously easy- basically all you need is two ingredients and some glass jars...
