Not on purpose, but our backyard is full of it. Will be watching this thread to see what people *do* do with it.

I do, but don't want it. I planted it in the stream of my garden pond many years ago. Now I spend a big part of the summer ripping it out and tossing it!

MOJITOS!!!

I love mojitos, but I have not made them. DD made mint juleps for the Kentucky Derby Race party they hosted one year.

I make ice tea for my DH in an ice tea maker, like a Mr Coffee. I take some of our mint and just cut it up and put it in the basket with the tea bags.

Mint is also our bunny's favorite treat :) She is a house rabbit and comes running when she smells me come in the door with it.

Neato, I would like to grow some mint again. My grandmother use to grow it and when she steeped our tea she would throw a handful of leaves in there along with the tea. I tried that when I grew some many years back but it didn't taste as good as hers. Thanks bunny lover. Maybe I left them in there too long, huh?

Sheila, you beat me to it! MOJITOS!!! lol

I have a large planter on my deck just for mint. It grows back every year, even after snow and ice and harsh winters.

We ate it all the time as kids in iced tea, lemonade, cold veggie (Italian) salads, and just to walk by and chew on leaves for fresh breath!

Cold (cooked) Green Beans -- (or Beets)
add some red wine vinegar
olive oil
finely minced onions
salt, pepper
mint leaves
chill very well....great side dish with grilled meats and fresh corn

Not on purpose! lol. It was here when we bought the house. I've spent all these years pulling it out wherever it turns up. I don't care for the taste of mint leaves so it isn't an herb that I use. NancyLouise

Only in big containers, never in the ground. Been there, done that.

Be careful what you ask for, when it comes to mint. There are several varieties. I guess spearmint and peppermint are the best known.

They are invasive, so if you are planting, be careful where you put it.

For tea, like the others said, just tear off a few sprigs, bruise them and put them in with the tea.

There is also a chocolate mint that smells like. . . guess what? Chocolate!

Sue

My mother likes to plant things that grow easily so when she lived with me a few years ago she planted some mint then had the nerve to move out and leave the mint. After trying many times to get rid of it I finally had some concrete poured where it grew. I expected to see it grow out from under the concrete, but thankfully it didn't.
When we had it we just washed and bruised the leaves and dropped it in our glasses of iced tea.

Linda

I put spearmint in all of my salads. You can add a few sprigs to your tea hot or cold. In the summer I put small mint leaves in my ice cube tray so that they freeze in the ice cubes and I add them to drinks to make them pretty.

Anne

I keep a water pitcher in the fridge with mint floating. Besides all the beverage/cooking uses, I keep a basket full of mint in all of my clothes closets and my kitchen pantry. It really woriks to keep moths away. I also throw some down my garbage disposal when ants become a problem. They won't come up the drain. I've even put mint on my kitchen counters for the ants. They don't seem to like it. I use is for fillers on flower bouquets. Great smell when you walk by. I do love my mint.

I have 7 kinds growing in my garden, yes, all in containers so they don't spread. I take big sprigs, wash, then bang them on the side of the sink to bruise them and put them in the sun tea jar with water and 4-5 herbal tea bags and let it steep for a couple of hours. I love my mints!! Some people collect clematis and some collect day lillies, I collect mint. I guess there are worse hobbies.

It's a major weed. Years ago we bought a house in the winter, only to find that the entire front patio was edged in out of control mint.

The whole front of the house smelled like a spearmint gum factory..and I detest spearmint gum.

I got rid of it by carefully pulling it out by the roots, sifting the dirt, put down a thick layer of new topsoil..and then covered it for the summer with heavy plastic.

If somebody wants these plants, this sounds like one of those "container" plants to me ;)

I'm not fond of mint, but for those that are, growing in a container would give a big enough supply, do you think?

You need a big enough container..mint grows much better when able to run..if you put it in a container..it won't do what it does in the ground. I have Peppermint in a container..and it's not at all happy there..I have spearmint in an area that I pulled it out of finally and tossed it into the compost heap...now I have spearmint growing where it doesn't need to be..but....It's healthy and happy!!!

I just ripped out a few handfuls to share with some one who wants to pot it up today...I've got alot more HANDFULS. LOL

LOL This made me chuckle. Many years ago, I was
determined to have my own "little" mint plant, so I
could just get a few sprigs whenever I wanted.

I spent years trying to get rid of it - it grew
everywhere. My DH kidded me and said, "only dynamite
will get it". :lol Did finally get rid of it.

It does smell so nicely though.

I love having it in the garden, but don't really care for the taste in tea or other foods. I just use mine to garnish desserts. And to supply the neighbors who like mint.

Some years ago, I bought a little pack of 6 plants and planted them at the back of my driveway. They quickly spread down the entire side of the house. Which was okay--since the space there is only about 18" wide, between the house and driveway. It's relatively contained, but there's plenty there to go around. Did take some to the new house and put it in carefully selected areas where it has some borders to keep it from taking over.

My mother planted some when she and dad built their home. Dad spent years trying to get rid of it. LOL

Egads! I also tried growing some mint, but it took over the entire planting bed. I eventually had to kill it with Round Up.

Smelled nice though :)

Although I regularly pull up a lot to keep from over-growing, I love my mint tea in the summer!
I strip the leaves and bundle in cheese cloth with a twist-tie. Then either make sun tea or boil. I squeeze out the "tea bag" and toss! It usually is very concentrated, so I add water and sugar and put in a couple pitchers.
It sure doesn't last long...

I have orange mint. I don't do anything with it...more or less just a ground cover.

Idaho ranks high in mint production, and we are surrounded by it where we live. There are many kinds, but I don't have it in my yard. I do pick some to keep with the potatoes, when we over winter many. I bruise it and kind of massage it around on the spuds in storage. Some years it seems to work, but other years I think I am listening to their hype! LOL One thing I love about it is when the whole area around us smells so good when they are distilling it. It is so concentrated, they recieve a fortune for a barrel of it.

I love it....I grow it in my pond steam yes it is very evasive but I love it even in my lawn in the back (course we have lots of yard here) so it can take over if it chooses...I love to mow it over man the smell..Ilove mint tea but I am the only one....I just wanted to grow it really for the smell knew it was evasive but knew it wouldn't matter here...Stacy