Mints (wasSC - Questions)

[Vicki Strassburg]

> Ya'll be careful growing those mints.  When I first retired, I had planned on
> putting in an herb garden in the backyard.  Spent a lot of time laying the thing
> out, landscaping, etc.  What I didn't look at, was the proclivity of the damn
> things.  Now, I've got nearly a half acre of mint plants.  The things have an

Thank you for sharing that! :-) I had the same problem until this house. I
outlined my garden with those concrete blocks turned on their sides. I
half-filled them with dirt and stuck my creepers in there. They use
runners to propagate, and the blocks hold them quite tidily. And it's a
lovely garden border.

> evil plot to take over the world.  When I mow the yard, it smells like a
> peppermint factory blew up.  And they _will_ jump out of a pot if you're not

Gee - you make that sound like a bad thing. Seriously, though, that stuff
NEVER goes away if it gets half a chance. Same with sweet alyssum. Worse
than kudzu!

~Maedb


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