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Speaking of mint....

I'll admit I did plant mint last year, and I payed for it this
year.  I knew it was an "agressive" plant, and by this spring
I was pulling mint out 2 feet away from where it was planted.
I'm going to rip it all out (that bed needs to be boxed in
anyway) but I want to know if I can possibly replant any of
it.

I have heard ideas about planting invasive things like mint in
their own container, then "planting" the container in the
garden.  An example would be to plant the mint in a 12" or
lager pot, then plant the pot (with the rim still slightly
above ground level) in the garden.  Is this really going to
control the mint, or just slightly delay the inevitable
spread?  Could the bottom of the container be open if it was
sufficiently deep?  What would be sufficiently deep?  I'd
really like to be able to have a variety of mints in my herbal
garden without having to isolate each plant from any other
living plant by 4 feet of concrete/brick/wood. :-)

Cheers,

Nancy
Northern Utah, USDA Zone 4
nancyr@cc.usu.edu

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