Pre-Patio work, we had what seemed like an acre of invasive, spreading mint and fennel. A little mint is very convenient when making drinks like a mojito, or you've run out of gum, but a lot of mint is a total pain in the butt.
Before
I was making a recipe recently and went outside to get some mint. Franca and I hunted high, and we hunted low. This hunt essentially consisted of me walking around tasting a bunch of lemon balm. (Which looks like mint, but tastes like... you guessed it: lemon.)
We finally found one tiny plant on top of a mound of dirt:
After
I plan on containerizing that puppy so it doesn't take the whole yard back over.
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Mojitos are the BEST. We've recently been making them with Cucumber effen, mint and honey dew melon...YUM!
ReplyDeleteThis post reminds me of a house I sold many years ago. It had a mint problem when we bought it and we never really managed to get rid of it. There was slight relief when we sold the house and moved away. Mint can be extremely evil, especially if you let it go too long and too far. Good luck!
ReplyDelete@elliemonster: That sound delicious! I tried the Cucumber Effen for the first time this past weekend.
ReplyDelete@sharon: It really is monsterous. It took a bobcat to get rid of ours.