Comments on: Confine-mint (ha?) http://gardenwallah.com/2009/05/04/confine-mint-ha/ Sat, 24 Sep 2011 18:16:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Erin http://gardenwallah.com/2009/05/04/confine-mint-ha/#comment-91 Thu, 07 May 2009 12:11:30 +0000 http://gardenwallah.com/?p=1528#comment-91 Nice! & a good use for an old birdbath…I think we have one of those lying around our yard — we’ll have to use your technique when we get around to putting in another variety of mint…or if we decide to tear out all of what we’ve got and re-plant some of it in a controlled environment.

]]> By: Jack http://gardenwallah.com/2009/05/04/confine-mint-ha/#comment-83 Tue, 05 May 2009 12:35:59 +0000 http://gardenwallah.com/?p=1528#comment-83 I took an old bird bath stand, flipped it upside down, and buried it leaving about 4 inches sticking out of the ground. It ends up looking like a pot, only its tapering the roots about 2.5 feet under ground. I put the mint inside that and it hasn’t escaped in 2 years.

BUT, we also put a small bit near the compost pile, to help battle the smell. That little bit has pretty much overgrown the whole area. I will be spending a lot of time fighting it back over the years, but it smells lovely.

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