Maybe plant some bamboo to help it
I have some kudzu i could sell you
I wonder what happens if you plant kudzu and bamboo in the same spot, endlessly climbing plant tower?
And some blackberry, too! We could have blackberry mojitos made with bamboo muddlers.
Tbf it would be an awesome garden with endless blackberry and mint! can even smell.it
Now that you mention it, I wouldn’t mind living in that environment.
Evil.
bamboo is the most evil of all of them for sure lol
Strawberries too. If you don’t plant them in containers you’re gonna have a bad time.
The previous owners of my house did this and I’m so thankful. Wild strawberries where I live slowly replace the grass and never grows very tall so this means I don’t have to mow nearly as often.
I could never get them grow tho
or a good time…
Meanwhile kudzu is over here like… what trees?
I’ve read that kudzu is nutritious, comparable with potatoes, and is cultivated in China.
Huh, I didn’t know that. Neat.
Goats.
Whats actually wrong with this? I feel like a lawn full of mint is infinitely better than the short grass suburb lawns that are so pervasive.
Trading one invasive monoculture for another isn’t really an upgrade, though you may get more utlity from mint. And your neighbors may set fire to your property.
One time I did that, and was horrified to see that the next day the gardner removed it and disposed of the body.
It was my baby and it was literally choking itself in every pot I planted it because it would just grow until the entire pot was roots.
I now know that it had to be done, this is what it means to be an adult. To know that sometimes murdering a baby mint is for the greater good T_T
You know what’s also invasive?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houttuynia_cordata
The last people to own our house planted this stuff in the ground. It’s also called fish mint, because it smells like fish when you cut it.
That’s what that shit is? I though it was some generic weed I had a hard time getting rid of. Great. Another invasive to deal with. Just killed a tree of heaven the other day, too.
Your own private morsel of the sea.
I once bought fish mint at an asian grocery store thinking it was regular mint, and it was quite the surprise when I tried it.
That must have been quite the shock.
When we bought our house 2 years ago, the previous owners had planted mint in the ground, despite having a raised garden bad. My wife and I spent an entire afternoon taking back mulch and digging to remove the mint. We built a 2nd garden box and put it over the top of the mint spot, but I’m already seeing bits of mint poking up from under the box…
Why don’t you just…eat it?
It strangles the other plants. And the underground root growth means it’s really hard to get rid of after it breaks containment.
What are your other plants?
Personally? Gravel, tar, some cancerous chemicals holding the two together…
Wait then why not just let the mint grow?
I think there’s been a misunderstanding. I don’t have anywhere to grow anything unless it’s in pots. I’m talking about mint generally, and why people don’t like it growing in ground versus in pots.
Yep! It also spreads like a weed.
IDK. I like the wild mint patch in our lawn. Want some mint? Just go grab some mint.
Yep same. I do drinks, drop in my water bottle, put in my coffee etc
We had some that grew right under the faucet outside, and I’d share grab some and throw it in the tea when we were making iced tea. Tried it years later with dried leaves, it didn’t compare.
It’s gonna smell really nice when you mow your mint lawn.
The dryer at my parents house vented into a mess of mint. Laundry made the backyard smell great.
I planted some mint in a large pot, at an off-grid shack on a New England beach… two decades ago. That shit is still thriving to this day, despite zero maintenance and/or care and numerous harsh winters!
I did this once. Only way to get rid of it was to sell my house.
Tenants take note, give your landlord a lovely gift of established ground mint when you leave your rental!
My buddy warned me about the mint the pervious owners planted, and I pulled it right away. It was right by our basement entrance so I frequently peer in and inspect for mint shoots. I think there must be a buried barrier or something (like landscaping cloth) preventing it from spreading outside the bed it was in. I found a small sprig 4 years after pulling everything I could find.
ENJOY THE MINT EVERYONE
Maybe add some white cover, some comfrey, sunchoke, raspberries, and you’ve got a permaculture paradise!
You expect them to survive in a mint-infested ground?
Everytime I now the grass it smells minty!
So we moved.
*mow
Just nowing my loan so autocorrect can get a heart attack.
Don’t worry just let my dad do the gardening. He killed the mint, the rhubarb, the blueberries, the redberries and the apple tree with his genius ideas!
There is a reason why I planted my piperita in a pot, far off the ground.
