Quick and Easy 3 Mint Planter

Y’all, I have to confess, I’m SO not good at keeping green things alive. I do okay with some small pots, but that’s about as far as I can go. So the best thing for me is to do is to just stick with some of my very favorite herbs.

I LOVE MINT. I love the fragrance. I love how green and happy it is. I love that it’s hard to kill.

I normally go with just one variety of mint, but this year, I splurged and chose 3:

Sweet Mint, Peppermint and Spearmint.

I can’t get enough of it!

I’ve had these black pots for about 3 years, and I still think they are cool. But the dirt was very gross. It was dry and packed down from winter neglect, so it took a little digging and cleaning out to get things ready for my sweet, little mint plants.

I had to take out the root ball from last fall’s plant. I can’t even remember what that was. I accidentally killed my mint last summer- even though it’s hard to kill. I’m the Terminator of plants. I bet they see me coming at the hardware store and tremble.

I’m going to do better this year. I swear on my brown thumb.

Once I cleaned out all the dead roots and junk, I mixed in some new potting soil so these guys will have a fighting chance.

3 mint planter-3 — FRONT: Sweet Mint BACK LEFT: Spearmint BACK RIGHT: Peppermint

You can see the difference in the leaves. They all smell UH-MA-ZING.

After placing them, just add new soil to reach the level of the base of the plant and pat down. But you probably know that already. Planting 101.

I remembered to water them immediately. I can feel my brown thumb starting to turn a shade of dark green already.

Now every time I walk out the front door, I stoop down and brush the leaves with my fingers so I can get a nice, big whiff of mint. And now I have three different options. I might just crawl up in there in that 3 Mint Planter and roll around in it. YUM.

Warning: if you plant mint in the ground it will take-the-freak over. It’s wild and crazy, always looking for a party and it will get it. That’s why I keep in in pots. Boundaries, sistah… boundaries.

Do you grow mint in your garden? What’s your favorite variety?

What the BOLD ones say:

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May 16 at 2:55 pm

mmmm….mint! I’ve managed to kill mint and other supposedly impossible to kill plants before, too 🙂
- Gwen Whitfield says
  
  May 21 at 9:37 am
  
  Haha! I’ve killed my mint too. More than once!
Erica says

May 22 at 7:26 pm

I just planted my first veggie/herb garden and got a spearmint plant! At my much more knowledgeable sister-in-law’s advice, I put my mint in a pot as well so it wouldn’t take over… though would it really be that bad if it got everywhere? More deliciously smelling minty goodness to roll around in, methinks 😉
Gail H says

May 27 at 6:21 pm

Love mint! I use it as ground cover/border in my back flowerbed, approximately 45 feet long. I’ve tried to start it in a hanging basket but was unable to keep it moist enough in our drought with 100+ degree days.
Manoj Ghoda says

May 29 at 2:40 am

Never grown mint, but would love to do it. Is it available as potted plant or are there seeds available to grow?
Patty Morgan says

Aug 8 at 12:04 am

I tried growing Lemon Mint in a lg size terra cotta pot with great success until I noticed the leaves were being eaten off by something! After close inspection I found lil green cutworms all around the plants bases. I was just sick! I loved the smell whenever I’d gently rub the leaves and now they were gone! I dusted them with Sevin and they are slowly coming out of it. I was wondering if or how the worms got on them in the first place? Any advice will be greatly appreciated !
- Gwen says
  
  Aug 10 at 4:26 pm
  
  Hi Patty! I hate when I get worms, but I’ve only had them on my tomatoes. My only guess is from birds or other critters that spread stuff like that, but I’m not an expert at all!
  
  I hope your plants are doing better now!
  
  Gwen

Quick and Easy 3 Mint Planter

Sweet Mint, Peppermint and Spearmint.

Do you grow mint in your garden? What’s your favorite variety?

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