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Peppermint & Spearmint

  • Michigan mint is harvested from late June to mid-September. Windrowers are used to mow the mint fields leaving a mounded row of “hay” or cut mint.
  • The mint dries in the field for one to two days, and is then chopped with a forge chopper and blown into wagons.
  • The wagons are then taken to the distillation facility where the essential oils are extracted by steam distillation.
  • After the essential oils are extracted the cooked hay is spread out over the cut fields.

 

Mowing Mint Merger in Action 2
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Mint Chopper 3

 

Stony Creek Essential Oils, Inc
6700 W. Centerline Road
St. Johns, MI 48879

phone: (989) 227-5500