String In Integer Possible?

Code:
public static void main(String[] args) {
// TODO code application logic here
Calendar time = Calendar.getInstance();
int min = 1;//time.get(Calendar.MINUTE);
String blank = "0";
int checker = ((min > 10 ) ? min : blank+min);
System.out.println("The time is " + "12" + ":" + checker );
}

This is my code, as you can see, I have if the min is less than 10, display the string "0" next to it so it will be something like

blank is zero and min is one

So it will display as 01 but after min reaches 10 and above, the 0 goes away. Problem I have is, you just cant add "blank" to int checker because checker is an int and blank is a string. So what must I do in order for it to display the 0 under checker?