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[–] 118 points 2 years ago (17 children)

And it's stupid easy to grow. Once you have mint growing in your garden/yard, you will never not have mint growing in your garden/yard/neighbors yard.

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  • [–] 43 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    We once planted 6 different herbs in a rectangle planter including chocolate mint and spearmint, next year the whole planter and part of the one beside only contained chocolate mint.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    Chocolate mint is especially evil in my book because it took over an entire area of our yard and killed off my grandfather's raspberries that had been growing for decades and transplanted to two new homes ending their long lineage.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It took over a entire section of our garden as a kid. I chewed that shit all day every day every summer.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago*

    Once you have mint growing in your garden/yard, you will never not have mint

    Broadleaf herbicide keeps my neighbor’s mint infestation on his side without much issue. No worse than the violet, really. His kudzu is the only thing that causes a problem.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Once you have mint growing in your garden/yard

    you will never not have mint growing in your garden/yard/neighbors yard.

    I love how the mint just spreads from your yard to your neighbor's yard.

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    [–] 111 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    I was fully expecting this to mention Linux

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Or that app for tracking household expenses.

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  • [–] 59 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Yes, that's why my distro of choice is Linux Mint lmao

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    [–] 52 points 2 years ago* (4 children)

    What is it with humans and eating, smoking, or drinking any kind of leaf, seed, or other vegetable that has evolved a deadly toxin to avoid being eaten..?

    “You know what, this tastes a bit bland, let's add some insecticide to it to make it spicier!”

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    [–] 35 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Don't forget it's nice relieving properties. Stuffed nose and a sore throat? Mint green tea with a bit of honey. It'll help ease the discomfort for a time.

    Just be careful planting your own. Mint does not care. It will escape the pot, and next thing you know, there's Chocolate Mint plants choking out the rest of the garden.

    Chocolate Mint is also a wonderful variety to include if you're looking into an herb garden. You can get some different mint varieties going, make a nice blend for things!

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  • [–] 29 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Mint can act as a perfect addition to an herb garden or as a prank gift to a first-time gardener that you hate. So versatile!

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Even better as a prank gift, it's so notoriously hard to kill and quick spreading, they won't notice until it's too late. Hell, they'll probably think they're doing a great job, since it'll be thriving so long as they pay it the bare minimum of attention.

    I think some places do actually have some light restrictions in place, purely because it's so invasive it'll fight back against kudzu. It's just about a rung below kudzu on the difficulty to completely kill.

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    [–] 33 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    It’s also the best Linux distro! 🌱

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    [–] 32 points 2 years ago (16 children)

    And it’s disgusting in every single one of those. I hate mint

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    [–] 29 points 2 years ago (10 children)

    This post brought to you by someone who never planted that cursed, evil herb in their garden

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    [–] 13 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Not a fan of mint flavour tbh

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago

    Catnip is in the mint family, so kitties also like mint.

    Also, catnip can be given to dogs too (in moderation) and some like it, so I guess doggies also like mint.

    https://www.rover.com/blog/is-catnip-safe-for-dogs/

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    It's also a great phone company, cheap prices, good service. There are just so many uses for it. I believe it also keeps mosquitoes away if you plant it near your outside sitting area.

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    [–] 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I thought I didn't like mint for the first 15 years of my life because of mint toothpaste.

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