Depends on where you live. Mint does have limits. It really dislikes dry and cold. We've planted it several times here and it's quite difficult to keep it alive. Our growing season is quite short so it's a bit depressing to have it die so quickly.
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IDK. I like the wild mint patch in our lawn. Want some mint? Just go grab some mint.
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Mint, not even once.
I've planted mint, strawberries, and raspberries. But this is the last time I'll get to see how far they've made it. I planted them to go to war with the buffle grass, tumble weeds, and tree of heaven. I can still drive by in a few years and see how its going.
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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.
The problem is not that it spreads. It is that it then suffocates other plants that can't handle staying near it.
Of course having the ecological wasteland of lawns isn't good either. You want to create the conditions for a balance habitat to establish. Mint can be an obstacle to this and be detrimental to the biodiversity in your garden, if left unchecked.
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I planted Achillea, by the way.
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 have a couple patches of apple mint in my yard, which doesn't seem to spread much. It legitimately does smell amazing while I'm mowing and has always grown back by the next time I mow.
We did it like 15 years ago, it took years to finally get rid of it...
Mint ~~plant~~ field.
FTFY
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.
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Catnip too?
Maybe plant some bamboo to help it
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
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And some blackberry, too! We could have blackberry mojitos made with bamboo muddlers.
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