Like, plant mint in my herb garden... unpartitioned and not in a container >_<.
My mom in law warned me about its invasiveness... which I was aware of and breezily said, "Oh, I'll just keep it in check by making lots of mint tea all the time..."
Ha. ha. ha. Yeah, it's jumped a mini barrier I had and now I have been digging the undershoots up and laying down some cans to create a barrier. At this point, I don't think there's any chance I can eradicate it at this point, not like I want to either, but it does need to be tamed/kept tame.
(I still need more cans to fill the barrier up, and so I guess a lot of canned tomatoes need to be eaten soonish :) (I think I'm going to try a double barrier too, which I suspect might be futile, but hey I can hope)
They really need a garden tool that looks like a lion tamer's whip to handle this. Oh... oh yeah, I did win a cobra head tool (thanks again Anneliese!) a while back... probably a good start to my hot minty mess.
It's such a a pity too, because while I like mint, my husband doesn't for the most part (he can't even handle mint toothpaste). He does fine with it in certain ethnic food dishes, but yeah, at my house I am the mint consumer of the year.
Mint, like basil is also one of those great herb types that have a MILLION varieties that sound great. I'm rescuing a chocolate variety that got pot bound and sucked up water like mad and was thus sick and dried out for a while, but they're real survivors... too good almost. Like the roaches of a post apocalyptic plant world. But yes, variety! Lemons, limes, Vietnamese versions... so many it's astounding, but unless I have some good pots or a field... no extra mints for me.
(Augh! There goes ones now... getting between the cracks towards freedom!)
(Mint! The natural FreshMaker!(Please don't sue me Mentos!)
2 comments:
Mmmm, i love mint too. One word: mojitos! haven't had much luck with it in my garden actually--will it grow from cuttings?
good luck with the barriers :)
liz
if ivy is the spawn of the devil, mint is its little brother. Our Katie got married in our yard 3 years ago this june. Her center pieces were herbs which we planted in the yard. Everything grew. We know have an unending supply of mint. maybe I will start drinking mojitos also. jim
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