QueenFern 71 points 3 days ago

I'd put it in a container within a container within yet another container. That shit spreads

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rumschlumpel 15 points 3 days ago

I wish. Can't hold its own against the other weeds in our garden.

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thisbenzingring 15 points 3 days ago

Put some catnip in and watch everything else fade away

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Lost_My_Mind 4 points 3 days ago

Ooooooh, bonus, your yard will always attract cats!

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thisbenzingring 5 points 3 days ago

We have bird feeders and of course it's going to attract mice so the catnip is there for a balance. We have a couple neighbor cats that make their rounds and I never see them going for birds. Always stalking out the mice. Win win!

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Murse 2 points a day ago

...kinda makes me want to plant that stuff all over my yard. It grows kinda patchy like clover, right?

Let that shit take over and suddenly mowing the lawn will smell AMAZING!

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Thisiswritteningerman 3 points a day ago

Depending on the type, it may get about 2 to 3 feet tall and develop woody stems. Our contained patch (pavement on 2 sides and the house foundation on the other 2) frequently gets overgrown/bushy by July. Does get little white flowers and attracts all the bees. But I'd dislike having a yard made of the stuff. Woody stem portions get pokey on bare feet, and I'm not sure it'd stay dense enough to keep the other tall plants down.

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Murse 1 point a day ago

Bummer. Though not entirely surprising - as pervasive as they sound, if the shape and texture made them a good candidate for lawns, I'm sure it'd have been tried well before my two neurons fired off the idea.

...I do wonder if there's a similar candidate. I don't know jack about what herbs and such actually look like before making it into a jar in my kitchen, but if there is something that grows comparably to clover, feels decent to walk on, and smells decent when trimmed, even if it's not quite as amazing as mint...

I mean, if we're gonna go through the trouble of growing a crop just to cut it and throw it away, it might as well at least smell nice, right?

Or we could do the smart thing and ditch the lawn for a legit herb garden that we can actually consume.... but that kind of logic is a tall order.

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Thisiswritteningerman 1 point 19 hours ago

Creeping thyme is quite nice Stays soft and low Not as aggressive as mint though, so you might have to make space vs just letting the mint go

Of the rest of herbs I grow (basil, rosemary, parsley, cilantro, chives/winter onions, oregano) the oregano isn't too woody or tall. It gets a bit leggy, though it could just be fallen over and accepting of is new life. Also a lot oregano varieties to work with. Nice hot oregano

Unclear how it would directly complete with other plants.

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DonutsRMeh 16 points 3 days ago

The Linux one made me spit my coffee. Lmao

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saltesc 8 points 3 days ago

I have mint. Pretty much only use it for pasta and chilli sauces now and then, but it's a very easy "set and forget" plant to have in a box planter.

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Godort 5 points 3 days ago

Mint in pasta?

I'm intrigued. Explain further.

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ChonkyOwlbear 4 points 3 days ago

You can make pesto with mint instead of basil (though using both its best).

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saltesc 3 points 3 days ago

Usually toward the end, I'll crush them into the sauce with chilli flakes. That's my final stage of the sauce while the water goes on boil getting ready for the pasta, along with any last final tweaks of herbs/salt/pepper then too. Better with lamb and/or pork mince.

Goes well finely chopped in white sauces with some lemon too. Usually only do that with chicken.

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Godort 1 point 3 days ago

I have something to try next time I have some fresh mint in the house

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lemmyng 7 points 3 days ago

Is it sad that I immediately began to worry that mint was yet another causualty of the CDC's destruction when I saw this?

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Lost_My_Mind 6 points 3 days ago

I'm high, and didn't realize that mint connected to all of the things listed. So I thought mint was just another of the things listed. So I began looking for lettuce. Then I saw Linux, and got so confused.

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csolisr 6 points 3 days ago

My mom already does - and all she uses it for is for tea, and even so very rarely. Ah well

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xylol 4 points 3 days ago

I pla ted some mint around the house to hopefully make it smell good, some Rosemary as well

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csolisr 3 points 3 days ago

What are the chances, she also planted rosemary! And oregano, but that one unfortunately dried out

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Lost_My_Mind 1 point 3 days ago

It's also a natural pest repellant. Fleas, rats, mice, bed bugs. They all hate the smell, and will avoid it.

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orbituary 3 points 3 days ago

Where are my OJ peeps?

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DwellerVortex 3 points 3 days ago

Mint is a treasure

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davidgro 3 points 3 days ago

Catnip is also.

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skisnow 3 points 3 days ago

yeah I was gonna say, I once had mint and it sent the cat berzerk

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RebekahWSD 3 points a day ago

I managed to kill the mint I was growing last year...

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OldChicoAle 1 point a day ago

Are you sure?

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RebekahWSD 1 point a day ago

Very very.

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Murse 2 points 3 days ago

Also a really nice touch in hot chocolate if you're wanting to make it fancy.

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pelespirit 2 points 3 days ago

Chewing on a mint leaf is one of life's treasures.

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Mouselemming 2 points 3 days ago

I've tried growing mint in pots but it always gets covered in aphids and whitefly.

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rumschlumpel 2 points 3 days ago

Mmh, Julep

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NigelFrobisher 2 points 3 days ago

In Morocco they do this absolutely insane mint tea. You have to pour it about twice to get the right strength and then it has a big brick of sugar.

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RickyRigatoni 2 points 3 days ago

Weed for cats since catnip is a mint

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