Monday, April 24, 2006

Fresh Mint



One of my favorite herbs. I hope to grow some in my new garden, that I'll get *very* soon. Our big move is coming up!

posted by Anne at 13:47

6 Comments:

Blogger _t_i_m_o_t_h_y__m_u_r_r_a_y_ said...

heh,

Without readingthe caption, my first thought was, "Basil!"

You have a very nice site.

Cordially,

t

2:12 AM  
Blogger The Cookbook Junkie said...

Just make sure you plant it in an enclosed area - mint is very invasive. I pulled so much mint out when we bought this house. I love it but it was out of control.

3:02 AM  
Blogger Clivia said...

Mint is high on my list when I finally - some day - get a garden. Until then I grow it on the balcony but I think they need a rather large pot to like it.
I have read that if you plant the mint in the garden inside a bucket with the bottom cut out (you dig it down, obviously) it doesn´t spread too bad. Oh, and you can grow Jerusalem artichokes too and other lovely things.

11:20 AM  
Blogger Anne said...

Thanks for the planting tips! I'm leaning towards having all my herbs in large wooden "pots on legs"... and I really want to have rhubarb. I need to learn way more about gardening, that's for sure. I was considering asparagus - but it takes three years before you get anything, and I'm so impatient!

2:20 PM  
Blogger Pene said...

Yes, keep the plants in pots, unless you are willing to spend a lot of time in the garden. But look for different flavours of mint - like chocolate & pineapple. Pennyroyal mint makes a great groundcover between stepping stones or in a little area too small to mow.

5:15 PM  
Blogger miss piperita said...

Hej!

I'm miss piperita from Italy. I love mint too (in fact "piperita" means "peppermint" in Italian), it has a very fresh taste which makes it good expecially on summer.
I like peppermint shampoo too! :-)

Nice blog.

Hejda

3:43 PM  

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