Mint can be a very invasive plant, crowding out other more desirable plants.
Instead of fighting a losing battle to try to get rid of the stuff, give up and turn lemons into lemonade, or more correctly, turn invasive leaves into tea.
There's a colony of spearmint in my rock garden that needs some discipline, and some applemint by the house that is looking far too healthy. So yesterday, I got busy.
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| spearmint |
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| apple mint |
I picked the leaves, set them on cookie sheets lined with foil, and put them in the oven at 120 degrees for 20 minutes. The leaves made the houses smell wonderful as they were drying.
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| mint leaves ready for the oven |
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