Chocolate Mint (Even More Invasive Than Regular Mint)

Chocolate Mint (Even More Invasive Than Regular Mint)

Last year (Spring of 2025), I bought a unique mint plant - it was a "Chocolate Mint" variety and it really does smell and taste like the wonderful flavor combination of mint and chocolate.

 

Click HERE to view "5 Dessert Recipes Combining Mint & Chocolate" 

Have you ever grown mint (any variety)?  It can be quite invasive because it spreads everywhere.

Now, I am not complaining because abundance is not a bad thing.  I praise and thank my Heavenly Father for providing such wonderful herbs with such amazing differences.  However, this mint variety has truly surprised me.

It started with one small plant last Spring (2025) and it has spread into the gigantic patch seen below:

   

Technically, it has had two seasons to grow (summer of 2025 & 2026) but that is still an impressive growth in that amount of time.

I made delicious hot chocolate with this herb, but I am definitely going to have to create more recipes using this delicious plant.

ENJOY!

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"Orange Hot Chocolate with Cocoa Whipped Cream"

Tuesdays with a Twist #706

Welcome to Tuesdays with a Twist #706!

ENJOY!

Before we get to the blog hop today - 

During the month of November, I will be featuring a Thanksgiving or Thankful post from the past:

16 Muffins or Breads for Thanksgiving

 

Checkout wonderful seeds at Mary's Heirloom Seeds 

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Or click picture below:

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Also, checkout one of my Bags/Purses available at Zazzle:

Evening Sun Mix Sunflower Tote Bag
by GodsGrowingGarden

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Good Morning and Welcome to another No Rules Party!

Angie @ God's Growing Garden

My Features this Week are:

1. "Elegant Fall Decorating Ideas for a Collected Home" by Amy's Creative Pursuits

2. "Purple Christmas Bathroom & a Huge Christmas Haul" by A Debbie-Dabble Christmas

3. "Baked Brie with Cranberries & Pecans" by Carol on the Lake

If you've been featured I'd love for you to grab a button.

The party starts every Tuesday at 7am EST and will continue until Saturday at 11:59pm.  Feel free to stop back any time and "like" your favorites.  Please visit other blogs if you have a moment. 

Share older posts as well as new ones.  No limit on links!

*Pictures should be your own* 

By linking up you give us permission to use these photos

 (with proper link backs) in our features.   And now for the party!

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You're the STAR - Week#1 GARDEN (November 2026)

The leaves sure are coming down now!  Many more still to come :-) 

Thank you again for joining us!

There are many ways to follow me:

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NOTE ABOUT DIFFICULTY LINKING UP:  I know that the "linky" service that I use not longer brings you back to the bloghop after linking up, so I thought it might be easier to click the "You're the Star BLOG HOP" tab at the top of the blog.  That way you will not have to scroll through other posts (if you link up on Monday then this will not be an issue for you because the hop will be the top post.  I hope that this tip will help - Thank you for linking your amazing posts!) 

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Before we continue onto the Linky party I wanted to share from my blog:

What I'm Thankful for Today #1 - FOUR SEASONS

WELCOME to the first week of the November 2026 "You're the Star" Blog Hop!

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WELCOME to GARDEN feature week of the November 2026 "You're the STAR" blog hop!

Meet all of your Hosts

This week is GARDEN feature week
Swing by the Hosts blogs:

Angie @ God's Growing Garden
Colleen @ Butterfly in the Attic

Michelle @ Moms Are Frugal

Lisa @ At Home With Lisa

Kris @ Kris and Larry . com

This is a month long Linky party featuring YOU!

There will be 4 different features each week and 4 different feature categories.  Just to be clear - this is NOT a themed party - you may link up ANY family-friendly blog posts any day of each month. 
The "theme" occurs in our weekly features:
WEEK#1 GARDEN - gardening, homesteading, recycling, outdoor activities &/or preserving (this can include any type of green living, repurposed ideas, outdoor concerns, posts relating to farm animals etc all while remaining family friendly)

(These features were chosen from the October 2026 "You're the Star" blog hop)

Ethel M Chocolates Botanical Cactus Garden by Blue Collar Travel Adventures

Caramel Apple Freezer Marmalade by Cindy's On-Line Recipe Box

Autumn Shows Us How Beautiful it is To Let Things Go by Amy's Creative Pursuits

Quick Pickled Beets & Eggs by Scratch Made Food

If you've been featured then please grab a STAR button below:

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All Hosts/CoHosts will post this blog hop on every Monday of each week.
Please link up your family friendly blog posts below!
It wouldn't be a linky party with YOU!
(IMPORTANT NOTE: by linking up you understand that you might be featured next month and if so, we will use some of your photos from your post - rest assured - we will always link back to your lovely blog.  We might also share your fantastic posts on social media.  Also, you may link up as many family-friendly posts as you like & YES - other blog hops &/or giveaways are welcome {giveaways and blog hops will NOT be featured though}  Thank You & ENJOY! )

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Old Fashioned Sunday Hymn Sing #154

Welcome to the 154th Old Fashioned Sunday Hymn Sing!

I miss the old hymns that I remember from my childhood - there were no drums, no electric guitar and no mind numbing beat. It was just voices and maybe a piano or an organ. The choir led the congregation in singing - and the words of these hymns are poetic. I realize that there is a need for the modern "seeker oriented" worship music - but it is also necessary to have deeper songs (no offense intended to anyone who prefers the newer church songs).

I decided to have an "Old Fashion Sunday Hymn Sing" once a month on this blog.

I personally do NOT have a great singing voice - I used to play the guitar & piano but my voice is NOT an instrument. That's the great thing about this digital hymn sing, you can warble along without being embarrassed or without offending anyone else.

The hymns that we will be studying are taken from an old hymnal from a Baptist church that is no longer in existence - "The North American Hymnal" published in 1956 by "THE ROGER WILLIAMS PRESS"

I will also try to find a version of the featured hymn on "YouTube" to share with you each month.

Today's featured hymn is "There Is a Land of Pure Delight" and the author is Isaac Watts.  This author had more than 800 hymns published.  He started writing at the age of seven. Some consider him to be the greatest among hymn-writers.

The author said that his inspiration for this hymn came from 

Hebrews 11:16:

"Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them."

We are actually studying Hebrews chapter 11 in a series called "By Your Faith" - below are the 6 parts so far (many more parts to come):

#1 Jesus' Miracles

#2 Ye of Little Faith

#3 Faith, Deeds & Waiting

#4 Being Sure of What We Do Not See

#5 - Abel

#6 - Enoch

I have included two videos of this hymn (after the lyrics below).  The second video is a more modern version of this song.

Enjoy!

Turn with me to number 538 in your hymnals and let's sing:

There Is a Land of Pure Delight

written by Isaac Watts (1674-1748) & composed by George F. Root (1820-1895)

1. There is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign;  Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain.  There everlasting spring abides, And never withering flowers;  Death, like a narrow sea, divides This heavenly land from ours.

2.  Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood Stand dressed in living green;  Soto the Jews old Canaan stood, While JOrdan rolled between.  But timorous mortals start and shrink, To cross this narrow sea;  And linger, shivering on the brink, And fear to launch away.

3.  O could we make our doubts remove, Those gloomy doubts that rise, And see the Canaan that we love With unbeclouded eyes;  Could we but climb where Moses stood, And view the landscape o'er, Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood, Should fright us from the shore.

A special thanks to "Dearest Home - Topic" for sharing this with us!

A special thanks to "tranceseraph" for sharing this with us!

Other Hymns on this blog:

Master, The Tempest Is Raging

Majestic Sweetness Sits Enthroned

Sweet the Moments, Rich in Blessing

Spirit Divine, Attend Our Prayer

Behold A Stranger At The Door

Holy Bible, Book Divine

O Jesus, I Have Promised

Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken

Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me

Where He Leads Me

We Gather Together To Ask The Lord's Blessing

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"Jesus Is........ THE BREAD OF LIFE"

Wonderful Heirloom Tomatoes 2026

 

Wonderful Heirloom Tomatoes 2026

Every garden season we try to grow a few different heirloom tomato varieties.  Last year we grew:

Tiny Teaspoon & Green Striped Tomatoes

(click HERE to veiw "Unique Tomatoes:  Tiny Teaspoon & Green Striped")

I would like to feature 6 of the varieties that we grew this year:

All photos were taken by me (Angie Ouellette-Tower) and the tomatoes were grown in my garden.
© (2026)

1.  Plum Lemon Tomato (this is a paste type tomato which I love because it is more meaty) (click HERE to buy this variety for your garden next year)

2.  Thai Pink Egg Tomato (I really enjoyed this variety and will probably grow it again) (click HERE to buy this variety for your garden next year)

3.  Yellow Pear Tomato (one of my favorites - not too small and deliciously sweet without being too acidic) (click HERE to buy this variety for your garden next year)

4.  Watermelon Beefsteak Tomato (This tomato is in the bottom right corner of the picture above) (click HERE to buy this variety for your garden next year)

5.  Peach Tomato (This tomato is the top right in the basket below - see picture below) (There was an heirloom seed stand at our hardware store this year and that is where we bought this packet)

6.  Alice's Dream (This massive multicolored tomato was fun to grow - it's the large one in the picture above and below) (This variety is from "Baker's Creek" Seeds)

(if you would like to look at all of the heirloom tomato varieties available at "Mary's Heirloom Seeds" then click HERE)

Tomato Recipes:

(click HERE to view "15 Favorites - TOMATOES")

ENJOY!

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Linked to:

Senior Salon Pit Stop

Thursday Favorite Things

You're the STAR

Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot

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You might be interested in viewing this video:

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"Caramel Apple Muffins RECIPE"

Tuesdays with a Twist #705

Welcome to Tuesdays with a Twist #705!

ENJOY!

Before we get to the blog hop today - 

During the month of October, I will be featuring a sweet potato post from the past:

Sweet Potato Cheesecake

 

Checkout wonderful seeds at Mary's Heirloom Seeds 

click HERE to shop for the best seeds

Or click picture below:

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Also, checkout one of my Bags/Purses available at Zazzle:

Evening Sun Mix Sunflower Tote Bag
by GodsGrowingGarden

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Good Morning and Welcome to another No Rules Party!

Angie @ God's Growing Garden

My Features this Week are:

1. "Ethyl M Chocolates Botanical Cactus Garden" by Blue Collar Travel Adventures

2. "4 Ingredient Quinoa Bagels" by Gluten Free A-Z Blog

3. "Thankful Grateful Blessed" by Road Gypsies

If you've been featured I'd love for you to grab a button.

The party starts every Tuesday at 7am EST and will continue until Saturday at 11:59pm.  Feel free to stop back any time and "like" your favorites.  Please visit other blogs if you have a moment. 

Share older posts as well as new ones.  No limit on links!

*Pictures should be your own* 

By linking up you give us permission to use these photos

 (with proper link backs) in our features.   And now for the party!

_________________________________________
Grow your own!
Many wonderful garden products from
 "Mary's Heirloom Seeds"!!
click to view