You couldn’t ask for a more beautiful day in April, so Brian took today off so he could ride his motorcycle all day. And, I do mean all day. He got up this morning, took the long way to Bellwood and met up with his former co-workers for lunch. After that, he drove here, there, and everywhere, finally arriving home about 8 hours after he left.
As if this wasn’t enough riding for one day, he and Jacob went out for another hour long ride after supper. Who am I to argue?
What does this have to do with mint? Well, while the guys were out riding, I worked on my herb garden. I did the edging, weeded, trimmed the dead growth from the perennials. There was nothing more to do. Except one thing–remove the extra growth from the mint that has invaded every neighboring plant in my herb garden.
My herb garden is in a checkerboard pattern, with square stepping stones making up the checkerboard. The mint grew under all of the bordering stepping stones and into the neighboring plants. I had to remove all of the surrounding stepping stones in order to remove the extra mint. Talk about invasive! It does not help matters that I have three types of mint growing. If I can’t figure out a way to contain their growth this year, I think I’ll cut back to one plant next year to make my life a little easier (assuming removing a mint plant is a feasible action). Until then, I guess I’ll be spending the summer keeping the mint in check.