tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008331738873213597.post4921118675358736686..comments2023-04-17T10:52:33.846-04:00Comments on Magnolia Holler: My Mint GardenAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17311527430816195455noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008331738873213597.post-24863117166795872492013-06-23T16:09:29.988-04:002013-06-23T16:09:29.988-04:00I love mint but it's very invasive so it's...I love mint but it's very invasive so it's good you have it in its own space. I do agree the peppermint will probably take over the rest. I find it to be an extraordinary bully in the garden. I treat mine like an invasive but I leave enough to do fun things with it. I had so many a few years ago I researched 30 things to do with it and wrote them up here. http://www.examiner.com/article/30-ways-to-use-mint<br /><br />I really recommend chocolate mint as my personal favorite. It's low growing and a dark chocolate green, with a heavenly scent. It grows in my shade garden as a groundcover and when the kids run through there it smells like chocolate mint brownies all through the yard! It spread on its own from another part of the yard (past a cement patio and everything) after I planted it too near the peppermint and the peppermint drove it out. It grows to be pretty tall in the sun but in the shade it's just a few inches most of the time (especially as we're always picking it and messing with it) and it tolerates any kind of abuse.<br /><br />I just discovered your blog and have been enjoying myself. :) My husband sent me the link to the red clover jelly since we've been really getting into wild edibles this year and clover was on the list. We've been making lots of dandelion syrup and it looks like a similar process. My husband wrote up the recipe for that here. http://www.examiner.com/list/dandelion-syrup-sunshine-a-jar It's really good and we use in baking like honey too.<br /><br />Off to poke around some more!<br />~AliciaMagic and Mayhemhttp://magicandmayhem.homeschooljournal.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008331738873213597.post-82658746892328146962013-06-18T22:55:01.201-04:002013-06-18T22:55:01.201-04:00Yes, I figured it would take a couple years...then...Yes, I figured it would take a couple years...then I'd see which type is the most overpowering. Then I'll move the others to various other places around the property. I don't mind it growing wild, we have lots of room! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17311527430816195455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008331738873213597.post-83075496276120878392013-06-18T10:40:32.553-04:002013-06-18T10:40:32.553-04:00Growing your mints that close together you are goi...Growing your mints that close together you are going to end up with one type a mint. -SandyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com