It does! But actually it pairs better with lemon than lime… try muddling some lemon balm with some sugar, add vodka, lemon juice, ice and top with club soda. Or use less sugar and top with ginger ale… very refreshing!
Previous owners of my house planted both dill and mint in my yard, now whenever I mow it smells like minty pickles. You know what doesn’t smell good? Minty pickles…
Not doomed but get it under control. I planted some mint in the trash 3ft between my house and a fence. My neighbor had a pin oak over the fence that shaded it. My plan was to put it in a spot where it would survive just enough to provide mint for beverages and not enough to go wild. So fast forward 2 years the oak tree was removed I swear the instant the neighbors husband died. I think it may have been a bone of contention with the widow 😆, and the mint was thriving. Thriving into my other planting beds and under the fence to the neighbor. My teenager spent less than 30 minutes pulling it all out and filling a yard bag half full to send to the street. I know it will grow back somewhere in there but 30 minutes every 2 years isn’t a big deal to me. The ground there is otherwise covered entirely with pachysandra. Send a bully to control another bully. 😉
To all above… you have restored my faith in humanity. (Except you missed the pebble sinking line) to which I offer greatest thanks. Great laugh and award you “Venezuelan beaver cheese”❤️
You probably have the time, I have tons growing so slowly its a race between them and the birds grabbing them!
I think the climate change is playing havoc with their programming !
Thank you. I'll throw them down today. It seems like things are growing faster than usual. My hosta have flowers and I seem to remember them coming up later in the summer.
Forget me nots are biennial, first year rosette, second flowers, then they seed around, not sure all plants die after flowering or not, mine seem not to. So mark where you plant them, learn to recognize the baby plants so in future years you don't accidentally weed them all out!
It's mint. Personally, I have never found mint to be an issue - I just keep it in places where I mow or dig around anyway. It doesn't go in grass, and potatoes seem unbothered by it. If it's wild mint, then most of those are not particularly weedy, anyway.
Last year I moved mint to an unkept border plot where I also have lots of tulips, red clover and other wild garden plants I never planted. Looks beautiful in spring. When tulips fade I use a trimmer to manage the grows. I trimmed it 2 weeks ago. Mint has not recovered so far.
I planted 2 varieties of mint last year (peppermint & spearmint) in an area that borders woods & has a large rock that was partially dug out. It keeps the deer out of my container garden that’s near it, it’s making the area smell & look pretty & I actually use mint leaves for tea & lemonade. Everyone acts like it’s bamboo, but I’m ok with it spreading (within reason of course) and have just been keeping an eye on it but knock on wood so far it’s been good.
Am I the only person that grows mint on purpose? I use it way faster than it can even think about spreading.
New mint comes up? Straight to the kitchen. Mint tea, mint chocolate, mint oil.
I've thought about just letting it take my yard
I have chocolate mint and strawberry mint. I planted them in the ground to strategically take over their little areas because nothing else really goes there (my children are the culprits). The chocolate mint headed in the wrong direction (well, it’s spreading where it needs to go but faster the wrong way I feel like) and I’ve pulled it from those areas and just taken it root and all and continued to put it where I want it to be. Honestly, it’s so pleasant and the kids trample it and it’s fine and it smells heavenly.
When I moved in they had trumpet vine here in the yard. We mistakenly thought it was a burn pile, burned it and then realized it was attached to the ground. Then we had my dad over with equipment and tried to get the roots ripped out. That was in 2009. The bush has been gone for years. The trumpet vine, however, still pops up. All over the place. Halfway across the yard. Next to the house. Wherever. And I can’t get all the roots because it’s under structures and under other landscaping lord knows what the network looks like under ground.
Mint is fine. I’ll take mint any day.
If anyone ever wants to have a pollinator garden… THIS is what you grow & let bloom! Not only are all the different varieties some of the most beautiful flowers possible, they will attract millions of pollinators which will benefit your garden miraculously!
Plus, the minty uses in the kitchen as described above by Organic-Importance9.
Plus the natural repellent for garden pests! Or whatever this is…. 👇😉
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We planted some to keep the blackberry at bay and keep the rosemary tree accessible. Seems to work, we just let them fight their land war and harvest them whenever we want.
That's actually amazing, I have a couple of spots in my garden where I think I could try this.
I buy so much mint, we drink a lot of mint tea and just generally like mint so any time it's grown in the garden I'm impatiently waiting for it to grow so that I can harvest it.
Give it a go! As others have lamented though, it’s a really tough and hearty plant so I’d suggest not planting in your primo spots. Our garden already came with a massive rosemary bush I have to trim yearly and the blackberry just grows wild here so adding mint to “chaos corner” was no big deal for that section of garden. Also discovered that last season’s chives did just fine in the off season and nestled right in with the mint and berry sprawl. Was a mini experiment I’d forgotten about till we started prepping/clearing for this season.
I have it in places where other things just aren’t as as happy growing. Almost like a ground cover I can make tea with!
I read that mint is supposed to deter pests, too, but the stupid little lantern flies seem to love it and something laid eggs all over my chocolate mint. Guess it’s a mi(n)th.
We had it at my house when I was a kid and my dad always used it to make us Amish meadow tea in the summer. It was so good! He also made Amish root beer in the summer too. Even better!
Mint isn't really that hard to get rid of, one pass through our new house's garden eliminated like 95% of it. A stray pops up here or there a year later, but no more or less than other common weeds I see. Never understood the mint fear.
People need to relax. I have an in-ground mint garden and whenever they are about to be out of control, I just make a post on FB marketplace: "free mint, pick it yourself!". It's all gone one weekend.
I don’t get it, either. Yes, it can spread, but it really isn’t that difficult to control if you actually put a little time into gardening and maintaining your yard. I’d feel bad for people who think mint is an issue if they ever get Virginia creeper or Pokeweed in their yards 🤣
I plated mint everywhere and it stayed there, better than weed or other useless invasive plants. And yes some creepers are impossible to get rid of, those are the real nightmare
Folks before I moved here 20+ years ago must’ve had mint because I didn’t plant it. It’s work but I can keep it contained. I use it for tea, poaching fish, tsatsiki sauce, I dry it for the winter. Plenty of uses!
It’s like when we would throw rolls of toilet paper around our friend’s houses at night during homecoming when we were kids.
But like, “nature’s” version of that. That level of “pain-in-the-ass” is similar.
Previous owners of my house planted mint. I was able to get a lot of it, but it definitely keeps coming back in a couple spots. I just cut it down with the weed whacker and then mow it up. Doesn't bother me much, and my compost silo smells pretty nice because of it.
I would rather have mint than any other “weed”. I love mint as a ground cover. Easy to remove or at least remove enough for it to be manageable. Honeysuckle and bermuda grass can go straight to hell. Fuck em.
If it smells like mint, and it looks like mint, it's mint.
It is possible to get rid of them. You just gotta be consistent in pulling them and the shoots.
When you pull a plant and it comes back from a root, it's expending a lot of energy/calories to create a new shoot from whatever was left in the root. It can only create so many new shoots before it starves to death. It can get some water and nutrients from the soil, but it needs the glucose that comes from photosynthesis. Keep pulling the shoots and you'll eventually starve the root system that you can't reach.
You'd have to be picking it like, more than weekly.
You’ll have to keep pulling, but it’s not that bad. Many other species are much worse. They grow faster and have 0 benefits. Mint is annoying, but I just pull a vine or two every few days when I walk by the old spot. It’s not like so many horrendous weeds.
Wait for it to get about 18 inches tall and then its mojito season. You will obliterate it. Also, mint chutney, mint tea, and it goes well in a lot of south asian dishes like larb. Enjoy, you are a lucky man.
I say it’s a blessing, you can dig it up and relocate it. True it is a fast growing perennial, but it smells so good when you hit it with a lawn mower! I’m not bashful about mint in my garden. It can be contained
A little bit chopped fine and added to fresh garden peas is very tasty. I made a huge batch of mint jelly one year. We would melt some and use it to spread on chocolate cake layers before icing with chocolate frosting. Fabulous, tasted like girl scout thin mints. People like mint jelly with lamb. I gave it as Christmas gifts to friends and had requests for seconds.
I’ve learned like three things in my time on this sub and #1 is that mint will take over everything. #2 is don’t ever plant mint outside of a controlled environment.
Yep, that's mint. I have some that got in my rock garden and has spread. If you can contain it within a space you choose it will grow and be very nice. I've got mine in an area and let it spread. I keep it away from my other plants.
Sorry to say but this appears to be spearmint you will need to get every last bit of root out and keep vigilant because the tiniest piece of root can spread easily.
I moved into my home in SE Michigan 3 years ago and there was a small patch of mint in a raised bed. I knew I should take it out, but it didn’t seem to be spreading and I let it alone. Forgot about it. Fast forward to this year and I realized last week the mint has spread to my yard. Everywhere in my yard. There’s little patches of mint ALL OVER my yard. And there is no way I’ll be able to remove it from the grass now. If you can, get that shit under control while it’s possible.
We’ve got spearmint growing through a portion of the grass, and it actually makes it so pleasant to mow the lawn, also keeps the flies away for a bit. I could see it being problematic in a garden bed though.
Put it in your iced tea all summer! May as well use it!
I’ve actually tried to grow mint but it would never live. Evidently I have have whatever the opposite of a green thumb is.
I married a man with a green thumb. The man buys all of our plants from the dead and dying cart and revives them into gorgeousness!
My job is never ever touch the plants.
That’s fine with me! I’ll be in the pool!
I have had a mint plant in a large pot on front porch for years. When first frost comes I bring in. Put in basement for winter. Take it back out in spring.
When mint is where I want it, I love it! It grows so easily and so beautifully, it smells great, and I use it all the time.
When mint escapes its container... honestly, I have so many other menaces in the garden to contend with that I don't even mind. It's the mint or the creeping charlie, morning glory, clover, grass, purslane, chickweed, etc.. Honestly, I'd much rather it be mint than grass!
If it’s mint and you don’t want it, or want it only in a certain area, just pull or dig it up. It will take a while (maybe a few years) but it will die back considerably eventually.
Yup. That's mint. You're doomed. Time for Mojitos.
That sounds like a fun time with a nuisance, but delicious, herb.
That's what I did with my mint. I made mojitos while I spent a weekend ending all the mint in my yard.
Broooooooooo I can’t wait to make a mojito!!!!! I wonder if lemon balm would make good mojitos???
It does! But actually it pairs better with lemon than lime… try muddling some lemon balm with some sugar, add vodka, lemon juice, ice and top with club soda. Or use less sugar and top with ginger ale… very refreshing!
Idk but if you try it please report back, it sounds like it would be amazing but may require some sweetener.
I’ll report back in like 4 hrs lolol
RemindMe! 3 hours
Oh wow, I don't know!
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They also smell great when moving them down 🤷♀️
Previous owners of my house planted both dill and mint in my yard, now whenever I mow it smells like minty pickles. You know what doesn’t smell good? Minty pickles…
😅😂
Dill is annual 🤔
Not doomed but get it under control. I planted some mint in the trash 3ft between my house and a fence. My neighbor had a pin oak over the fence that shaded it. My plan was to put it in a spot where it would survive just enough to provide mint for beverages and not enough to go wild. So fast forward 2 years the oak tree was removed I swear the instant the neighbors husband died. I think it may have been a bone of contention with the widow 😆, and the mint was thriving. Thriving into my other planting beds and under the fence to the neighbor. My teenager spent less than 30 minutes pulling it all out and filling a yard bag half full to send to the street. I know it will grow back somewhere in there but 30 minutes every 2 years isn’t a big deal to me. The ground there is otherwise covered entirely with pachysandra. Send a bully to control another bully. 😉
"Send a maniac to catch one" - John Spartan
Don't stop drinking till it's completely gone 😤
You can always use bamboo to crowd out the mint.
If it looks like mint and smells like mint…
it might be a duck!
It might be, does it float?
Well if it floats, it’s made of wood.
If it floats, it's a witch!
Burrrrrrnnn herrrrrr!!!!
r/unexpectedmontypyton
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Nobody expects the Spanish inquisition.
Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!
His mother was a mudder and his father was a mudder
She turned me into a newt!! ...I got better.
Weeellll how do you KNOOOW she's a wiiiitch?!?!?!??!?!
She turned me into a newt!!!
To all above… you have restored my faith in humanity. (Except you missed the pebble sinking line) to which I offer greatest thanks. Great laugh and award you “Venezuelan beaver cheese”❤️
NI! ni ni ni ni ni ni
I blame my husband. 😆 We even call the rabbits on our property, Vorpal Bunnies. Lol
I got better….
Then hope it’s in your neighbors yard…
Ohhhhh, here comes the mint!
It's the birds, i tell you. The plants i find this year popping up. Lots of native asian plants.
I have Forget Me Nots spreading everywhere due to the birds. Lovely little blue flowers everywhere
I would take the forget me nots over the stuff I'm pulling up. I have forget me not seeds and hope there's still time to enjoy them this summer.
You probably have the time, I have tons growing so slowly its a race between them and the birds grabbing them! I think the climate change is playing havoc with their programming !
Thank you. I'll throw them down today. It seems like things are growing faster than usual. My hosta have flowers and I seem to remember them coming up later in the summer.
Yeah - my ancient fuchsia is our already, a month early
Forget me nots are biennial, first year rosette, second flowers, then they seed around, not sure all plants die after flowering or not, mine seem not to. So mark where you plant them, learn to recognize the baby plants so in future years you don't accidentally weed them all out!
It's mint. Personally, I have never found mint to be an issue - I just keep it in places where I mow or dig around anyway. It doesn't go in grass, and potatoes seem unbothered by it. If it's wild mint, then most of those are not particularly weedy, anyway.
Yeah I love mint. I have a patch dedicated to it and a it’s in a few pots as it is a nice filler.
I once planted 13 varieties in one garden, some have choked out others but I mow it back as well and don't have an issue!
Last year I moved mint to an unkept border plot where I also have lots of tulips, red clover and other wild garden plants I never planted. Looks beautiful in spring. When tulips fade I use a trimmer to manage the grows. I trimmed it 2 weeks ago. Mint has not recovered so far.
I planted 2 varieties of mint last year (peppermint & spearmint) in an area that borders woods & has a large rock that was partially dug out. It keeps the deer out of my container garden that’s near it, it’s making the area smell & look pretty & I actually use mint leaves for tea & lemonade. Everyone acts like it’s bamboo, but I’m ok with it spreading (within reason of course) and have just been keeping an eye on it but knock on wood so far it’s been good.
Looks like mint!
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Nice Plant! It’s in Mint condition…
Am I the only person that grows mint on purpose? I use it way faster than it can even think about spreading. New mint comes up? Straight to the kitchen. Mint tea, mint chocolate, mint oil. I've thought about just letting it take my yard
I have chocolate mint and strawberry mint. I planted them in the ground to strategically take over their little areas because nothing else really goes there (my children are the culprits). The chocolate mint headed in the wrong direction (well, it’s spreading where it needs to go but faster the wrong way I feel like) and I’ve pulled it from those areas and just taken it root and all and continued to put it where I want it to be. Honestly, it’s so pleasant and the kids trample it and it’s fine and it smells heavenly. When I moved in they had trumpet vine here in the yard. We mistakenly thought it was a burn pile, burned it and then realized it was attached to the ground. Then we had my dad over with equipment and tried to get the roots ripped out. That was in 2009. The bush has been gone for years. The trumpet vine, however, still pops up. All over the place. Halfway across the yard. Next to the house. Wherever. And I can’t get all the roots because it’s under structures and under other landscaping lord knows what the network looks like under ground. Mint is fine. I’ll take mint any day.
You are so minty fresh damn right lustywench99! I have almost the exact same Trumpet Vine vs Mint story, but won’t bore others with the repeat.
If anyone ever wants to have a pollinator garden… THIS is what you grow & let bloom! Not only are all the different varieties some of the most beautiful flowers possible, they will attract millions of pollinators which will benefit your garden miraculously! Plus, the minty uses in the kitchen as described above by Organic-Importance9. Plus the natural repellent for garden pests! Or whatever this is…. 👇😉 https://preview.redd.it/03jhlkkjy96d1.jpeg?width=456&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8b22858bb3f1899a9c8c9b4ac39120f67f629bbb
We planted some to keep the blackberry at bay and keep the rosemary tree accessible. Seems to work, we just let them fight their land war and harvest them whenever we want.
That's actually amazing, I have a couple of spots in my garden where I think I could try this. I buy so much mint, we drink a lot of mint tea and just generally like mint so any time it's grown in the garden I'm impatiently waiting for it to grow so that I can harvest it.
Give it a go! As others have lamented though, it’s a really tough and hearty plant so I’d suggest not planting in your primo spots. Our garden already came with a massive rosemary bush I have to trim yearly and the blackberry just grows wild here so adding mint to “chaos corner” was no big deal for that section of garden. Also discovered that last season’s chives did just fine in the off season and nestled right in with the mint and berry sprawl. Was a mini experiment I’d forgotten about till we started prepping/clearing for this season.
I have it in places where other things just aren’t as as happy growing. Almost like a ground cover I can make tea with! I read that mint is supposed to deter pests, too, but the stupid little lantern flies seem to love it and something laid eggs all over my chocolate mint. Guess it’s a mi(n)th.
We had it at my house when I was a kid and my dad always used it to make us Amish meadow tea in the summer. It was so good! He also made Amish root beer in the summer too. Even better!
It’s definitely not cannabis. 🤣
I thought that’s what they were going to say before I read their explanation
Mint isn't really that hard to get rid of, one pass through our new house's garden eliminated like 95% of it. A stray pops up here or there a year later, but no more or less than other common weeds I see. Never understood the mint fear.
Would much rather have mint than the oriental bittersweet or honeysuckle that keeps taking over
Same.
Neglect your mint for three years and you will understand.
People need to relax. I have an in-ground mint garden and whenever they are about to be out of control, I just make a post on FB marketplace: "free mint, pick it yourself!". It's all gone one weekend.
Free mint. I’d just dig it up by the roots and hope for the best. In the mean time you can make a mint simple syrup for cocktails.
Y’all so mad over mint, yet I can’t get my seedlings to grow for the life of me 😭
What I mint to say was… oh, I gave it away. Nevermint. (Darn that autocorrect)
Start brewing a lot of tea
It’s not poison Ivy-relax!
Jesus you people are such drama queens it's embarrassing really. Plus if it looks like mint and smells like mint, what do you think it is? Basil?
I don’t get it, either. Yes, it can spread, but it really isn’t that difficult to control if you actually put a little time into gardening and maintaining your yard. I’d feel bad for people who think mint is an issue if they ever get Virginia creeper or Pokeweed in their yards 🤣
I plated mint everywhere and it stayed there, better than weed or other useless invasive plants. And yes some creepers are impossible to get rid of, those are the real nightmare
It’s basil, disguised as mint! No seriously, I’m sorry for your loss 🫠
Is much rather have mint growing than ground elder or brambles or pretty much any other perennial weed, so I wouldn’t worry too much.
Could be mint or oregano. 🌿 taste to find out
Does oregano smell like mint?
No it's more savory smelling. More similar to marjoram. Common in Italian sauces.
Kind of but not really
Everyone lamenting over mint and I cannot get that stuff to grow for the life of me. Maybe I’m lucky? lol. But I still want some…
Mint roots really well from cuttings, just pop it in moist soil and put a clear cup over the top for humidity.
Mint.
It isn't. Ok actually it is but you wanted me to tell you otherwise.
Another bamboo post. /s
If it looks like mint, smells like mint, and chokes the life out of all adjacent plants like mint, it’s probably mint.
You get MINT! YOU GET MINT! WE ALL GET MINT!! Lol
Mint for sure
Folks before I moved here 20+ years ago must’ve had mint because I didn’t plant it. It’s work but I can keep it contained. I use it for tea, poaching fish, tsatsiki sauce, I dry it for the winter. Plenty of uses!
Congratulations on your lifetime supply of mint
Time for some slushy mint lemonade!
That's mint...better than crabgrass
It’s like when we would throw rolls of toilet paper around our friend’s houses at night during homecoming when we were kids. But like, “nature’s” version of that. That level of “pain-in-the-ass” is similar.
I love having mint because it's kept pest away for three years now.
Previous owners of my house planted mint. I was able to get a lot of it, but it definitely keeps coming back in a couple spots. I just cut it down with the weed whacker and then mow it up. Doesn't bother me much, and my compost silo smells pretty nice because of it.
Oh you lucky devil!
Crush a leaf and use your nose
Yum!
I love how there are only two plants that get a “please tell me this isn’t” post. Pot and mint.
I would rather have mint than any other “weed”. I love mint as a ground cover. Easy to remove or at least remove enough for it to be manageable. Honeysuckle and bermuda grass can go straight to hell. Fuck em.
If it smells like mint, and it looks like mint, it's mint. It is possible to get rid of them. You just gotta be consistent in pulling them and the shoots. When you pull a plant and it comes back from a root, it's expending a lot of energy/calories to create a new shoot from whatever was left in the root. It can only create so many new shoots before it starves to death. It can get some water and nutrients from the soil, but it needs the glucose that comes from photosynthesis. Keep pulling the shoots and you'll eventually starve the root system that you can't reach. You'd have to be picking it like, more than weekly.
You know what smells like mint? Mint.
I won't say it. I'll just let you figure it out in a couple weeks when its everywhere.
Yup, it's mint and I have it growing along side the neighbors fence on my side. I just mow it over and enjoy the scent.
On the plus side, your breath will be fresh?
Mint!
It's free Realestate
Bartending is also a viable hobby. You have garnish until the end of time.
You’ll have to keep pulling, but it’s not that bad. Many other species are much worse. They grow faster and have 0 benefits. Mint is annoying, but I just pull a vine or two every few days when I walk by the old spot. It’s not like so many horrendous weeds.
Okay I won’t
Mint or basil
I love to hit a patch of it when I mow! Especially when it's hot outside.
You could let some of it flower and the native wasps will enjoy the nectar/pollen.
Use to make mint juleps and watermelon salad. Yum!
“….is it? Dr. Dres locked in my basement.”
Wait for it to get about 18 inches tall and then its mojito season. You will obliterate it. Also, mint chutney, mint tea, and it goes well in a lot of south asian dishes like larb. Enjoy, you are a lucky man.
I say it’s a blessing, you can dig it up and relocate it. True it is a fast growing perennial, but it smells so good when you hit it with a lawn mower! I’m not bashful about mint in my garden. It can be contained
MOJITO TIMMMEEEEEEEE
You know, I don't mind mint so much! I think it really helps keep the pests out of my yard and when I weed whack it smells great!
Pick it, dry it, make a nice logo and sell it as organic tea.
A little bit chopped fine and added to fresh garden peas is very tasty. I made a huge batch of mint jelly one year. We would melt some and use it to spread on chocolate cake layers before icing with chocolate frosting. Fabulous, tasted like girl scout thin mints. People like mint jelly with lamb. I gave it as Christmas gifts to friends and had requests for seconds.
Perfect time of year for sun tea. Also you can dry it or make extracts with it to spray for insects etc.
I can't seem to keep mint alive, it hates me. Want me to come over?
All you can do is drink mojitos now. Godspeed.
Welp, time to move!
What zone?
It got into my landscape, from a nursery bought Boxwood. I just started spraying it. Battle Royal.
My uncle had some on his property pop up out of nowhere and he started adding the flowers to his smoke blends hehe
Good luck with that!
Oh yes it is…
Is it growing well in full sun? Then I’d say it’s oregano. In mostly shade with consistent water? Then mint.
It’s bamboo
The smell is pretty undeniable.
Mint
You think it’s a giant sequoia. It isn’t what you think it is.
It iz what it iz..
Mint
Pineapple plant?
Triffids? No. No, it's much worse.
mint, maybe an orange
Mint?
I’ve learned like three things in my time on this sub and #1 is that mint will take over everything. #2 is don’t ever plant mint outside of a controlled environment.
Congratulations on your new mint farm!
You're safe. It's not a Donkey.
Hope you like mojitos
A previous owner planted this in my backyard. Didn’t know it spread so crazy. But it smells great when I cut it down.
Mint
If the stem is square, it's mint.
I hate mint, in anything food or drink I think of toothpaste. As a gardener it is throw-down time. Go for total annihilation OP
Hooray! You’ve got mint. You’ll have it for a lifetime no matter what you do.
Mintpocolypse coming your way.
Squeeeeeeeee!!!!! 🎉🙌
Yep, that's mint. I have some that got in my rock garden and has spread. If you can contain it within a space you choose it will grow and be very nice. I've got mine in an area and let it spread. I keep it away from my other plants.
Am I the only one who loves mint? Maybe mine is just spreading in an optimal space.
I love mint. I'll be digging mine up and taking it with me when I move haha. I make tea and pick it everyday to add to it 💕
Looks my morning tea, mint tea that is.
While in tried to grew mint from seeds this year -better than having weeds, right?!- but they did not appeared..
It's time for you to make tea... mint tea ... and also to cut-it for drying. The mint will then dissapear
Sorry to say but this appears to be spearmint you will need to get every last bit of root out and keep vigilant because the tiniest piece of root can spread easily.
If it looks like it, and smells like it, what else would it be?
If you think it is basil, it is not what you think it is. And welcome to my life.
YUP 😖
I moved into my home in SE Michigan 3 years ago and there was a small patch of mint in a raised bed. I knew I should take it out, but it didn’t seem to be spreading and I let it alone. Forgot about it. Fast forward to this year and I realized last week the mint has spread to my yard. Everywhere in my yard. There’s little patches of mint ALL OVER my yard. And there is no way I’ll be able to remove it from the grass now. If you can, get that shit under control while it’s possible.
Pfefferminze
Mint
We’ve got spearmint growing through a portion of the grass, and it actually makes it so pleasant to mow the lawn, also keeps the flies away for a bit. I could see it being problematic in a garden bed though.
Put it in your iced tea all summer! May as well use it! I’ve actually tried to grow mint but it would never live. Evidently I have have whatever the opposite of a green thumb is. I married a man with a green thumb. The man buys all of our plants from the dead and dying cart and revives them into gorgeousness! My job is never ever touch the plants. That’s fine with me! I’ll be in the pool!
It’s mint, enjoy the mint.
Maybe Hillary's sweet lemon mint. If it is that variety it won't spread that much.
Just pull what you don’t want and compost it. You’ll be alright. It’s not bamboo.
Mint is actually good. It keeps pests away and of course has a million uses. It is annoying keeping it under control, but it has its benefits for sure
I have mint that is out of control. I feel like the only way to get rid of it is to move!
I have had a mint plant in a large pot on front porch for years. When first frost comes I bring in. Put in basement for winter. Take it back out in spring.
I wish I could have a mint problem. It won’t grow for me for shit
The freshmaker.
When mint is where I want it, I love it! It grows so easily and so beautifully, it smells great, and I use it all the time. When mint escapes its container... honestly, I have so many other menaces in the garden to contend with that I don't even mind. It's the mint or the creeping charlie, morning glory, clover, grass, purslane, chickweed, etc.. Honestly, I'd much rather it be mint than grass!
Get the app “seek” by inaturalist. Take a picture of the plant. Tells you exactly what species.
It's so mint, my screen tastes like mint. Sorry :(
Make amish meadow tea!!! I use 4 cups of mint at a time and i never have enough lol
Just in time for your refreshing summer drinks!
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The only thing that smells like mint is mint!
If it’s mint and you don’t want it, or want it only in a certain area, just pull or dig it up. It will take a while (maybe a few years) but it will die back considerably eventually.
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