Meet Catnip- A perfect Herb for a Cranky someone!

[@TheHoneystead]

Just to share- Catnip, also known as Nepeta cataria, has several common names, including catmint and catswort!

[@TheHoneystead]

Hey friends!! I don’t think I put it in the video, but when it comes to washing your herbs… I wait until a good rain to harvest, but if you are picking herbs and you don’t know how they have been grown.. give them a good wash! Also I misspoke about catmint and breastfeeding! It is safe 🙌

[@sowertosow]

I can't get my catmint seeds to germinate! 😭

[@TalkingTreesHere]

Hello, thank you for another great video! So just to clarify, catmint is just another name for a Catnip, right? It's the same plant, as they have same latin name? Thanks!

[@CC-lv1ox]

How do I clean, dry, and then dehydrate herbs? I just cut Holy Basil, washed with veg wash and water, rinsed, dried between paper towels on a cookie sheet and put in my OFF oven but with the light on. Now..... I use my dehydrator? Air dry outside? Help is appreciated. Thanks.

[@TheEmbrio]

Ow, Dehydrator or air dry indoors on in total shade outdoors

[@jaredbackus1416]

Get some new ones, maybe they got old?

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

My last baby was incredibly colicky and when I tell you a catmint and chamomile tincture meant INSTANT relief for him, I mean it! That tincture (glycerine) was my lifeline.

[@newsviewstoday5689]

I assume you know about activated charcoal in their bottle just a n1/8th of a tsp for an infant or a capsule content worth as they get bigger say 8 mo - a year a capsule & a half worth. a year up 2 caps worth for collic, diahrea, food poisoning, gas & cramps. Best stuff ever for all living things. Don't leave home without it..

[@future.homesteader]

I used a catnip & fennel glycerin tincture a lot for our daughter (middle child) when she was a baby. It would have been very helpful for our oldest as well but I didn't know about it when he was a baby.

[@sueannwilliams4254]

hopefully one day soon the cost of freeze dryers will be accessible to those of us who are living on a fixed income. Until then air drying is what I do.

[@krystalgarcia3397]

Yes I hope so too, I heard recently that Harvest Right has a layaway program that might make it possible for us.

[@rainbowe6738]

That looks like catnip with the white flowers. Just read the catmint has purple flowers.

[@orange2sweet673]

I agree

[@YourLocalPuppyLover]

is it just me, or is she the type of person that you look forward into watching? her voice is so calming and peaceful and she teaches us so much ❤

[@tracieclark8546]

Yes ❤ I agree

[@debichats8634]

My husband came from the mailbox while I was watching your video. He had a package. I thought it was seeds I ordered but he said it was his. Then he says the good news is that he got it for my birthday which is Saturday. The bad news is that it isn’t a freeze dryer. He knows how much I want one! I only mention it several times a day! He’s such a comedian…after 52 years he’s starting to rub a bit thin…..LOL! Don’t know what I’d do without him!❤❤❤

[@Minnehaha64]

Lol! Yep, it's sometimes hard to let our husbands do the leading!

[@medicinemom3620]

So glad I'm not the only one who doesn't get to harvest before flower, I always tell myself it's still the same plant, same benefits.

[@dywanecox4880]

I plant a bunch of catnip for my honey bees. Also to attract cats to the yard for pest control for my crops. I made a lot of fresh catnip tea last year. But I stopped making it once I seen the cats rolling around on it. 😂😂😂

[@danielletdg8423]

Is catmint the same as catnip? Thank you for all the information! I look forward to investing in so.e of the books you and your mom have recommended. But for now I mix my simple teas of predominantly Peppermint, mint, lavender, and jasmine; as those are the herbs I have. 😁

[@Lynette-qh3tw]

No they are not the same. And she is misidentifying it. She is using CatNIP.

[@kalenclark]

Catmint is so fun because you get the "look" of lavender but longer blooming & not as fussy. I've tried to grow lavender a handful of times and it just doesn't like the way I do my soil, apparently. lol.

[@witchofthewildwoods3496]

My luck growing lavender has been nil. Just bought a catmint plant and am crossing my fingers!

[@TheEmbrio]

Oh wow, here lavender just self seeds between my pavers, it’s so happy. Utter neglect, dry conditions, calciferous soil, mild mediterranean winters

[@kalenclark]

@@TheEmbrio don't brag :P! haha

[@Green9is9the9Color9]

Im in Texas, about 6 months ago, I purchased one from a local grocery store because I smelled it mingling with some African Petunias and Basil! So dreamy. 😆 I just found mine buried under some honeysuckle and passion flower vines and a wee bit was left. So happy I found her!

[@helentredway5184]

Look up a picture of catmint and see what you get

[@Sasklahoma]

My favorite calming tea is : Catmint Slender Mountain Mint Hibiscus Chamomile Butterfly pea tea

[@mrjones4249]

Catmint is my favorite tea, but after I stopped drinking it for years, it now makes me sleepy.

[@pagangoddesstarot331]

I Love that don't be afraid of getting dirty! ❤

[@louisefourie5846]

Just after watching your vid I fetch some for hubby's tea 9am in the morning. Thank he slept much better.

[@halfgridhomestead]

cat-mint has purple flowers and smaller leaves, looks like you are harvesting cat-nip white flower and larger leaves and the plant stands more upright taller. both in the same family with same/similar medicinal properties, I have heard the catnip is a little stronger. people like the catmint for its pretty purple flowers. I noticed the catnip seed pods are super pointy and sharp, so I like to collect them or cut them off before they go to seed so they aren't on the ground for the dogs to have to run on or for me to walk on. I love to harvest the catnip, it is a good volunteer plant and all over the yard. I have seen cats fight over who gets to roll on the freshly mowed pile of catnip lol. love your garden space!!

[@DavidDavis-.oddly.]

Gooood morning from central Florida! Hope everyone has a great day!

[@TheHoneystead]

Good morning!!! Hope you have a beautiful day!

[@jenniferrescott1149]

I literally just came in the house refresh my knowledge on this plant. Went to youtube and your video was right there. Such a coincidence 😂

[@aloras405]

I had catmint come up in my garden. I didn't plant it. But, I am sure as heck nurturing it and harvesting it. It has been such an amazing addition to my teas. I have anxiety and its been amazing to help my sleep.

[@gtiernan1]

more than likely it is catnip, not catmint. Google the difference and see if what you have is nip or mint. Cheers! I have a ton of the catnip in my garden, I never planted any of it, and it's taken over almost my whole garden.

[@aloras405]

@@gtiernan1 You are correct. I keep forgetting that they are different plants. I was taught when I was young that they were the same. It is catnip. It's really yummy but it is a bully. What I am doing is harvesting and using most of it, letting some go to seed to collect and I will start transferring it to a container. That way I can keep it in check. It is a mint relative after all. This garden area was my grandmother's and I am currently restoring it from the neglect the renters we had in the house did. (Long story) I'm fighting a lot of invasive weeds like Canadian thistle, creeping bell flowers, nightshade and such.

[@gtiernan1]

@@aloras405 oh, I hear ya. When I first discovered it growing in my garden, where I never planted anything like it, I thought it was spearmint! LOL - then I got educated and now, although, I love it, I have to thin it profusely as it takes over - everything!

[@BecomingVT]

As always, another informative video and I love that it's on catmint! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and expertise in the kindest, most sincere way. You are a gem and I learn so much from watching your homestead grow.

[@SugarCreekOffGrid]

This is one of my all time favorite plants!! Thanks so much for sharing all this wonderful info.

[@mrjones4249]

I used to grow catnip, lemon balm, and chamomile and alternate throwing fresh herbs in my water bottle prior to leaving for work. I killed my plants one summer because I was out of town. When I finally grew catmint again, two years later, it always made me extremely sleepy. I can't drink it the way I did for years.

[@Lynette-qh3tw]

That's probably because you mixed up catmint and catnip. They are similar but not the same. In this video she is picking catNIP and calling it catmint. Even she, who does this all the time doesn't get it straight.

[@sowertosow]

Job 19:25 KJV For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:

[@HeatherNaturaly]

That is funny. When I first preserved catmint, I used only the flowers as that was what the video I watched, said to use.

[@heathboeddeker5401]

Mrs. Honeystead as a former trucker I know exactly how important sleep is to ones health Mam. Excellent video and love the mix of great information and humor Mrs. Honeystead thank ya for the knowledge Mam.

[@TheHoneystead]

100% 🙌

[@karindinarda8755]

I'll need to add that to my garden next year! What a good herb!

[@EasyAcres]

My catnip tincture (vodka) from last summer got turned into a bug spray this spring. It worked well on the gnats. I need to make a glycerin tincture for the kids.

[@SouthernLatitudesFL]

Another hello from Central Florida

[@charlesvickers4804]

Remember mints being grown around the houses when I was a kid ,as well as bordering property that has pest problems . Was told the house won't have bugs and the property wouldn't get snakes or mice by growing mint borders.

[@witchofthewildwoods3496]

This is a timely video for me as I just rescued a root-bound catmint plant from a variety store day before yesterday! I’ve grown catnip (and other mints) for years but never catmint before now. I also just got a net herb drying rack for all the plants that are coming in so I can avoid using the dehydrator in this summer heat. You sure make a good argument for investing in a freeze dryer though!

[@kittenleo28]

Catnip is the plant that is widely used as a medical. Catmint is widely used more as an ornamental. I believe she's using catnip but a lot of folks use the names interchangeably

[@rachelpotter6654]

One of my favorite herbs I grow for a restful night sleep.

[@Pepper5655]

When my first child was a baby, she was colicky and my pharmacist sold blackberry root tincture and I worked like a charm, stopped the colick immediately. thnx for sharing.

[@Aussiehomestead1965]

I got an A3 paper guillotine with the finger gaurd that comes down Next to the blade for safety from an office supply store to chop all my herbs like catmint etc up. The guard comes down and holds the plant in place (As it would with paper) and I slice up my herbs with it... it's a game changer and so easy to clean 😊

[@Green9is9the9Color9]

Lovely video on Catmint! Freeze dried is more appealing! Buzz buttons! I have some and the first time me and a friend tried them, he got a small one, I got a big one! 😂 he spit his out, I kept chewing it up! Soo many different things the mouth experiences 😆 drinking water was so strange! I swear some dentists use it, the way it taste... good day to you!

[@morwydyenlunar-night1519]

I am doing a herbal course online as I plan to some day become a herbalist and maybe even be ome a clinical herbalist and I am using your channel as supplemental learning. Thank you for all your beautiful information

[@PaulaDevlin-yv6jl]

This is so wonderful.. everyone should all put our extra seeds in the garbage... tiny seeds in the sink like pepper seeds.. small..sink ones need to be checked before done we don't want to hurt the oceans . . Everything does end up back there anyway... we can all help mother nature!❤

[@sarah-annunderdown6544]

Thank you for the video! I’ve been growing catmint for years but only for my honeybees and my cat! Now I’m going to have to expand my garden so they can share with me!

[@StringfieldRidgeFarm]

Your Apothecary is looking wonderful, thanks for all of the great info!

[@jameypeltonen3998]

Thanks for all your videos you helped me save myself I’m pretty sure 🙏🏼💛☀️

[@dcsblessedbees]

I often wonder how much of the oils the bees absorb from the nectar and pollen. 🤔Real food and variety seems to be key doesn't it,🤣who would have thought.😂Have a great evening Kaylee and family.😁

[@regenerative.agriculture]

We have had catmint growing in our garden for about 5 years. It comes back every year in the spring and we have hard freezes (zone 7). Catmint is also one of the first plants to come up in the spring, and the first plant we have that flowers for our bees. I have been splitting the plant in half and spreading it all over our yard and property because of the flowers. Thanks for educating me on what to do with it. I will definitely be harvesting some to make a glycerin tincture. I'm trying to learn more about glycerin way of preserving herbs. I have only made ones with vodka so far but would like to make more kid friendly tinctures. Love your videos and apothecary!

[@DoodaPA-ev3ly]

Wow your so busy.. amazing!

[@getitright5863]

Yes do the tooth ache plant soon.

[@robingirven4570]

Great info! If you touch the Harvest Right Logo in the center of the screen, you can see how many hours your last load was.

[@lydiamares9553]

With all the herbs you have, I wish you would do a plant identification on each. Would be sooo helpful to foraging!!!!!

[@gardennonsense]

Thank you I have a lot of catnip, more and more every year. Thank you for sharing I appreciate it

[@auntbeth448]

I don’t think Catnip and Catmint are the same…pls check!

[@emmalenaRN]

❤Ty!!

[@NorthMissouriOutdoors]

Awesome share

[@TheFarmacySeedsNetwork]

Things are looking good there!

[@bluerose6932]

I have so much catnip that likes to come up in my flower garden every year it spread 😂. I didn't know it was so good for sleep and baby colic, now that my baby is 1, wish i knew sooner. Now i will go harvest some, and try making a tincture for friends with little babies 👶 Also tea for my family. God bless you all. Now im thinking of getting me some bee friends.

[@noraluzcalugas2731]

Lovely Lady ♀️🛡️🌐🧬🚭Herbal Video, Naturally

[@lisawatson3467]

Thanks for sharing always love listening to you talk about the herbs and what they can do to help you.

[@paulawalsh8981]

Motherwort tinctures would be a great video. I am growing Motherwort in a big pot for the first time. 😊

[@ariedekker7350]

This one was nice Kaylee. I've seen him three times.

[@TheJim6226]

My mum grew lavender for wardrobe bags to keep moths out aswell as attracting 🐝 & 🦋

[@servantoftruth8392]

Beautiful Mother wart. So Very. Beautiful. Stunning. Actually. ...e

[@lindabrinson3999]

Thank you! How long should it take to be ready to use?

[@laurahenderson2384]

@TheHoneystead, you might want to ask Hoss about their affiliation with the former Montesano company (now Bayer). There's info spreading about this link and Hoss might be getting some backlash. I don't doubt the dealings you've had with them have been lovely and personal, but many people are strongly against everything that Montesano has done to the farming industry and America's land. Just wanted to give you a heads up.

[@gtiernan1]

Your apothecary garden is AMAZING! I strive to have such a lovely herb garden; mine is rather haphazard, many of my herbs have been "planted" for me by birds... one of them, which is growing in abundance is catnip. That is the plant you are showing in this video, not catmint. Catmint is actually a much prettier plant with beautiful purple flowers. Cheers and thanks for sharing your apothecary. I am slowly building mine. Just harvested and dried a boatload of the catnip. I will get to my catmint next... Have a blessed day! PS - you can go to Rain Country's video channel and she has a catmint vs catnip video and explains the differences really well.

[@sallyboothe911]

I would love to know what to do with my Toothache plant. I have a good size spot of it growing… now how do I use it, preserve it etc. I don’t have a freeze dryer, but would love one! Thanks for any help you can give.

[@bridgetwilkins312]

Where would I find a giant jug of vegetable glycerine like the one you have here?

[@debbieboatner3261]

Where do you get your baskets that you put your herbs in from the garden? The flat ones with handle???

[@samanthahoos9827]

I made a dish using oregano flowers on sourdough flat bread with cherry tomatoes - so yummy! I store dried catnip flowers for cats, but am using leaves for tea. I need to harvest the rest of my toothache flowers. Is it ok to dehydrate older flowers that aren’t bright yellow anymore?

[@mf3610]

I have catmint in my house gardens but I wonder if the ornamental kind from the local nursery is different from the kind you planted? My flower parts on mine are much taller/longer/sparse

[@DoodaPA-ev3ly]

Love this do you also extract oils..?

[@venidamcdaniel1913]

Since this is my first year I’m harvesting and freeze drying everything I can get my hands on. Putting in jars n vaccum sealing them. I haven’t started tinctures yet. Found some ginkgo growing in between lanes of road in residential area. Got a bunch of ashes real good n freeze dried. Don’t know what has been sprayed in it but it’s in the city limits so don’t think they do much in this small town. Question: I have plenty of narrow leaf plantain but hardly any broad leaf except in dog lot ( won’t use that!!). Which has more medicine.

[@witchofthewildwoods3496]

Same here with more narrow vs broadleaf plantain. I’ve read they have similar medicinal qualities but the broadleaf type seems to be more popular.

[@venidamcdaniel1913]

@@witchofthewildwoods3496 ❤️

[@donnafranks4325]

Narrow and broadleaf plantain have similar medicinal benefits

[@christinaevilsizer4929]

❤

[@CC-lv1ox]

@Thehoneystead please give a source for your food grade glycerin. Thanks.

[@WordAboveAll]

Get some for my mother in-law

[@kimsgirl1999]

I love your videos you give so much information and explain it so I can really understand it!❤When you say keep in a cool dark place so can you tell me coolest to hottest temperatures or an estimate of a good temp ? cause my basement temperature sometimes gets a little warm but not hot!

[@TheHoneystead]

That would work just fine!! You mainly want it out of the sunlight 💛💛💛

[@sophiabultena6781]

I just harvested 2 5 gallon buckets full of catmint lol 😅

[@TheHoneystead]

🙌🙌🙌

[@DownToEarthwithKaty]

Wow!!

[@angeladepetris-phillippe4152]

Too bad I don't live closer to you or I'd come over and help you harvest your yard. lol It looks lovely! I was wondering when you and your mom plan on having another workshop for budding herbalists?

[@angeladepetris-phillippe4152]

Thank you

[@beckydorman7692]

kaylee I have free range chickens in my yard. Can I plant these herbs where they roam? Its a large area. If they peck at them it will be ok?

[@AK-pq4zz]

Is it ok to just strip the leaves when harvesting and leave the blossoms on the stim for the pollinators? My catmint is in full bloom and i would love to leave them on if thats ok? ;) if not can you add dried blossoms to your tea? Thank you ❤

[@TheKansaswind]

I read that when using glycerin that the plant should not be used raw and should be dried first . Please educate me on this. Thank you

[@venidamcdaniel1913]

QUESTION: what has more medicine catmint leaves or flowers?. My mother wort and marsh mallow finally growing well. Yah peppermint rosemary oregano not so much. I have them in cloth grow bags n nothing in those bags growing well. Germination was terrible. I will not use them again.

[@mitchducky962]

Good Afternoon hello 👋🏾😎🆒🔜🆗🙌🏾💪🏾👉🏾🦻🏾🦻🏾😊👏🏾📲🆗👍🏾 how you doing your work and vegetables and fruits and flowers plants before the winter until the next spring ❤ ?

[@wendygonzalez2532]

I have a question on holy basil. What are the best way to extract to use it medicinally? Can this be infused in honey as you have done with other?

[@lizlevangie1149]

Or is the catmint freeze dried and looks fresh? Oh I see later in video it’s being freeze dried.👍

[@edithhoffman8456]

Can we do tintures with roots like ginger or turmeric?

[@dreacarter5939]

Love your channel. How do you use freeze dried herbs when you want to use it? I know it may sound crazy, but just asking.

[@sandrajacobs5107]

Hi. Just a question on a Glycerite. Some people put some water in for better extraction, is that necessary?

[@cheryl4860]

If using the 2oz amber dropper bottle, what would the dosage be?

[@rebeccasampson5935]

Can flowers be used in the tincture?

[@pattirubel8868]

Where does one get propolis to be able to make a tincture. Not able to find it anywhere.

[@joannadams7549]

Was the dosage the same, regardless whether you’ve used glycerine or alcohol?

[@hoosierpreppingnurse]

I love using cat mint. I’ve alway air dried or dehydrated. I’m interested in a small size freeze dryer. What size are you using? I’m guessing extra large based on the volume you do.

[@TheHoneystead]

This one is the medium size. I will end up getting the xl one at some point, but for now the medium is great. I also use it for food as well!!

[@kristikey8320]

I'm just starting and don't have a lot of plants. Can I freeze the leaves until I have enough to make a tincture?

[@tammyrodriguez1362]

Shake it everyday for how long? How long do we wait to strain it?

[@dugchris2009]

How long do you let it set in the jar with the leaves?

[@lisawheeler1827]

Where or what company should I order my glycerine from? Amazon has many options, but I’m looking for purity and food grade. Thank you!!

[@judysinkel8768]

Is catnip Nepeta cataria or is it Would like to catmint? Have read several articles that state catnip is Nepeta cataria. Would like to grow some but there seems to be some confusion on the spices Have seen catmint referred to as nepeta faasseni or mussinii and catnip always as nepeta cataria, flowers are also different. Thanks for clearing this up for me

[@DownOnTheHomestead]

I have a question about the teas. For instance, the heart and blood tea that you made, how much should you use for a cup of tea? I have the same kettle that you have and I love it!

[@TheHoneystead]

I typically use one teaspoon to 6-8oz of water :)

[@DownOnTheHomestead]

@@TheHoneystead Thank you 🙂

[@applespicepuppies9085]

Do you have the home freeze dryer or the pharmaceutical freeze dryer?

[@christingnad]

Do catmint and catnip do the same thing medicinal wise?

[@sammikeiko8860]

That is not cat mint, that is cat nip, it’s a common misconception for some reason so most people don’t know the difference. CAT MINT has purple flowers, CAT NIP has those little white flowers. 😁👍

[@AreYouKittenMeRtNow]

Thank you… she says over and over in Multiple videos that cat NIP and cat MINT are the same (not similar, not interchangeable, but apparently the SAME?) … and I’m like uh… no?? I mean, if I’m wrong, I guess please explain how? 🤔

[@mrjones4249]

Pink Panther Catmint has pink flowers, but most people have the other types with the blue/purple.

[@josephschaumberg4136]

Does catmint help a cranky old man?

[@morganpeyton1698]

Let me know if you find it does! I have 2 in my life😢😢

[@careybotha6365]

What book are you using in this video?

[@beeteua]

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