Steve`s Country
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Steve And Muffin’s Wildflowers #49.
Hi again everyone! Today’s wildflower is the “wild mint”, also sometimes called “field mint”. Each individual flower in the cluster is only 1/8 inch (3mm) in size, but there are usually 20 or more flowers together circling the square stem. The leaves have a very strong mint scent when crushed and also make delicious mint tea. This is a native wildflower that thrives in sun or partial shady conditions. It likes moist soil and is usually found in moist meadows, thickets, and along the shores of streams, rivers and lakes. They bloom from July to September and can grow up to 24 inches (60cm) tall. The clusters of flowers grow up all along the stem and begin blooming at the bottom. They can be found all over N. America, except the southeast US. There is a similar variety that is common in Europe as well. Have a wonderful day everyone and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
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Steve`s Country 
Our mint plants don’t have these cute flowers.. nice variety…
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Someone else mentioned that too. I have never seen mint plants without flowers around here.😀😺☕☕
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I should come Canada then 😉🤓
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It’s cold, very cold.🥶🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Thanks for the reminder 🙄 did I said Canada, 🤔 I’m changing my decision now 🤪🤣🤣
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Very smart idea!😁
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Thanks for accepting, I’m Smart 😎
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Amazing wild flower 👌🏼🌹 and this awesome flower story also 👍🌹♥️🙏
Have a nice Thursday to you and Muffin also 🌄🙏🍵
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Thank you so much! These are beautiful and the leaves make such a nice refreshing tea! I hope you have a great day as well!!😀😺😻🌞☕☕
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You are welcome 🌷🙏nice to hear that the leaves can make tea 👍🏻🌷
Here time 12:30 am, Blessed Friday ♥️🙏😊
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Have a most wonderful Friday!😁😺😻🌞
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Welcome and same wishes to you too 🙏🌷😊
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I love mint wild or “domestic”😆 My favorite tea is actually mint tea 😉 Have a wonderful day you two without smoke!
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My favorite is raspberry leaf tea, second is mint, both are good hot or iced! The smoke is coming back in again, supposed to get quite bad later. Thanks so much Ribana, have a great evening!😁😺😻☕☕
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Well that rules me out, and also the reason I’ve never seen any growing her! They are beautiful!
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Yes, they are beautiful and in certain locations they can be quite plentiful too. Unfortunately not by the river or I would gather leaves for tea, fresh wild mint tea is so good! Yep, you are just out of their growing area. Have a great day Renee!😁😺🌞📷
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I would be tempted to gather the leaves myself! You, too! 🙂
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😁😸🌞
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Ahhhh…… I can smell the mint tea just thinking about it!!😋😋
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It is so nice, hot or iced!😀😺☕☕
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Makes my my water!😋😋
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Have a cup!
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You first!😋😛😂
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Why me, why me?😳
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Cause you said you liked it first!😋😋
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Oh I’m sure someone liked it before me.😁
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Oh no… I thought you were the first to discover it!😲😳
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I’m back. Had to feed Sir George, then I spotted Ricky’s head peeking over the edge of the roof so I had to bring more out for him.
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Aweeee…. thats good!
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Nice to have Ricky around again. Not sure where Lady Pearl is these days, haven’t seen her all week. Probably gathering out on the lake waiting to head south.
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It’s getting that time of year again!!
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Yep, just 2 weeks and the birds will start heading south again.
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Even us looney birds??🤔😂😂
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All except this loony.🙄
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How about if I go for both of us??😁
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You’ll need more clothes and food.🤣🤣
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Ohhhh…. those coumd be an issue!! Can you come up with something less difficult?🤔🤔🙄🙄😂😂
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You’ll also need 3 beds.🤔🙄
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I can get those there! Not a problem!😁😁
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I just need a twin size, but Muffin says she wants a queen.
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A qyeen for the Queen is only right!😁😂😂😻
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That’s what she says too. Did you like today’s chapter?
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Ohhh nooo… you did it to me again???🤨🤨🤨😛😛 I’ll brb!
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I’ll wait.🙄
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Better!!🤨🤨
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How’s the sorting and disposal going?
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Quite good, got a whole trash bag full out for pickup this morning. Now for the next one.😁
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Day at a time! Good job!
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Yep, little by little by little by little. As they say in the old country, “gathering stones is lots of fun, but it’s time to toss them one by one.”
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It was supposed to my mouth water! 😋😂😂😂
Are you still up?
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Well, north is up, so guess I am.😁😂
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Good! I thought maybe since it’s getting dark there already you were sleeping?😴
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Dark? The sun is still shining red as could be.
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Red?? What kinda Sun have you got up there?
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It used to be yeller, but now it’s red, ceptin fer when it’s high, then it’s ornge.
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Now u r spellin like me!😂😂
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Hope that doesn’t mean we have to go back to school.😳
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If we do… we’re in trouble!! Habits r hard 2 brake!😂😂
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Are you sure?🤔 Never tried to break one.🙄
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Really??? Like which one??🤔🤔🙄🙄
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The one I never tried to break.😂
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The difficulty is in direction proportion to the desire to continue!😁😉😊
How’s that??😛😁😁😂😂😂
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Don’t know how’s that, never understood a word you didn’t not say!🤯
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LOL 😂😆🤣😹😂😆 Trust me!!😉😂😂😂
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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Hey…… be nice!😛😂😂
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Can I help it if you say funny things?😄
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Now why is that soooooo funnyy?😂
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Now that’s a good question, yep, sure is.
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You just like to make fun of me!!😛😛😛😂😂😂
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Can I help it if you’re fun?
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Well you do have a good argument there!! But !! Still!! You could maybe not try quite so hard!!🙄🙄🙄😛😂😂
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Who’s trying hard?🤔
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Ya, ya!!!😛😛😛😛😛😛😛😛😛😛😛😛😛😛😛😛😛😛😛😛😛😛😛😛😛
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Oh, look at all the nice happy faces!😁
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That’s ME! 😁😁😁😁😊
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You have a lot of heads.😳🙄
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Hmmmm….. I never realized that!!🤔🤔 That could be good and bad!!! Which one do you think it is!??🤔🤔🤔🙄🙄🙄
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I would say it’s the one on the right of the one on the left of the one on the right of the one on the left of the one on the right of the one on the left.😁
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Right!! It’s Left!! Got it!!😉😉😁😁😂😂😂
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Don’t let go of it now. Time for bed, good night Dusty! Chatter tomorrow!😁🌙😴
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I have a firm grip on it! No worries here!😉😊😁😂😂 Good Night!!😁😁 Sleep Well! Talk to you tomorrow!😁😁
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That’s lovely! I have a few different mint plants in my herb section but none of them have flowers.
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That’s interesting, I have never seen a mint plant without flowers. Someone else mentioned having mint plants without flowers. Have a great day Sheree!😀😺🌞📷
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Working on plenty of farniente
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Sounds like a great idea!
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Thanks for sharing Steve. As usual, your photography and notes make for a vivid classroom.
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Thank you so much Richard!😀😺📷
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Our mint has no flowers either…it is a very invasive plant…best to grow it in a pot…☕️☕️🙂😻
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Must be the garden variety, they grow by runners. Wild mint is different, much easier to look after. I wish it did spread better, makes such nice tea!😁☕☕
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This is a great one. It’s at the edge of the woods and my yard and I can’t get rid of it. It really holds on.
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All you need is laughter, John was mistaken
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I wish I had that problem! All that nice mint tea would keep me going all winter!
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Really???🤔🤔🤔🤔
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I love mint tea.
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So do I but there are limits 🤣🤣
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Really?😳😁☕☕☕☕☕☕☕☕☕
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