http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2006/10/14/flowering-stevia/ Gardening for the People. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:16:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2006/10/14/flowering-stevia/#comment-15948 You Grow Girlâ„¢ - » An Abundance of Mints Wed, 04 Jul 2007 01:52:13 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2006/10/14/flowering-stevia/#comment-15948 [...] Mint has got to be the most abundant herb in the garden and as this year’s mint harvest picks up speed I’ve been trying to find ways to use up last year’s dried stock. Today I mixed up a batch of Claudia’s Mint Lemonade but added my own zip with a dash of dried lemon verbena and a tiny pinch of dried stevia to sweeten. Both were brewed in a tea pot (a new Bee House pot purchased at Soko Hardware in San Francisco) along with the mint and added to the lemon juice once cool. I threw in some fresh orange mint clippings and two orange slices before putting the pitcher in the fridge to chill. I’m not a lemonade fan but my spouse Davin says that the addition of mint tea to the lemonade dilutes some of the tartness of the lemons (without adding much sweetener) and makes for a more refreshing, thirst-quenching drink. [...] [...] Mint has got to be the most abundant herb in the garden and as this year’s mint harvest picks up speed I’ve been trying to find ways to use up last year’s dried stock. Today I mixed up a batch of Claudia’s Mint Lemonade but added my own zip with a dash of dried lemon verbena and a tiny pinch of dried stevia to sweeten. Both were brewed in a tea pot (a new Bee House pot purchased at Soko Hardware in San Francisco) along with the mint and added to the lemon juice once cool. I threw in some fresh orange mint clippings and two orange slices before putting the pitcher in the fridge to chill. I’m not a lemonade fan but my spouse Davin says that the addition of mint tea to the lemonade dilutes some of the tartness of the lemons (without adding much sweetener) and makes for a more refreshing, thirst-quenching drink. [...]

]]> http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2006/10/14/flowering-stevia/#comment-3912 nell Wed, 18 Oct 2006 19:27:18 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2006/10/14/flowering-stevia/#comment-3912 This is amazing! Today I bought a very scraggly looking plant that had a hand-written sign that read "stevia" -- yeah, right! -- no one at the market could tell me anything about it. I have never seen a stevia plant or even tasted it, and have barely even heard of it, but hey, it was marked down to $0.50 so I popped for it. I chewed a leaf -- not knowing what else to try and was amazed! This led to checking online which led to your website -- Thanks! This is amazing! Today I bought a very scraggly looking plant that had a hand-written sign that read “stevia” — yeah, right! — no one at the market could tell me anything about it. I have never seen a stevia plant or even tasted it, and have barely even heard of it, but hey, it was marked down to $0.50 so I popped for it. I chewed a leaf — not knowing what else to try and was amazed! This led to checking online which led to your website — Thanks!

]]> http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2006/10/14/flowering-stevia/#comment-3882 Assertagirl Sun, 15 Oct 2006 17:12:27 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2006/10/14/flowering-stevia/#comment-3882 Maybe I'll give this one a try next summer. Maybe I’ll give this one a try next summer.

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