Opening from On This Site - Native Long Island

Mints

Mint gathering was remembered as shared work, guided by its scent and flowers. The catalogue records flavoring, aromatic, and ceremonial uses and concern that construction or spraying may have reduced familiar patches. It lists wild mint alongside other plants of the mint family. Mint gathering was remembered as shared work, guided by its scent and flowers. The catalogue records flavoring, aromatic, and ceremonial uses and concern that construction or...