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mint revisited
One of my daughters has kindly given me a 500g tub of mint, all ready
prepared for pony to have mixed in her feed. It cost approx £7 and I really wonder if it is worth all the trouble of growing and preparing the mint to the same high standard when it can be bought for so little money. I will however still do the nettles as we have heaps of them growing around the edge of the paddock. kate in wet and warm Gloucestershire |
mint revisited
On 02/06/2012 10:39, Sacha wrote:
On 2012-06-02 10:34:25 +0100, "Kate Morgan" said: One of my daughters has kindly given me a 500g tub of mint, all ready prepared for pony to have mixed in her feed. It cost approx £7 and I really wonder if it is worth all the trouble of growing and preparing the mint to the same high standard when it can be bought for so little money. I will however still do the nettles as we have heaps of them growing around the edge of the paddock. kate in wet and warm Gloucestershire Is this a growing, live plant, or one of those cut-for-the-kitchen packs? Either way, that strikes me as rather expensive! If you do want mint to grow, put it in a tub or bucket that can drain and watch it doesn't root through at the bottom, into the usual take over bid! I take that to be a tub of dried mint, and as you say you get a lot of dried mint in 500g. I'd still plant some, and as you want to use it for the horses I should think you want it to spread, find an odd corner for it, somewhere damp and shaded if you can and just let it go, I had water mint at the side of a pool in a previous house and it would creep out into the lawn. lovely smell every time I cut the grass. David @ the once wet end of Swansea Bay. |
mint revisited
One of my daughters has kindly given me a 500g tub of mint, all ready
prepared for pony to have mixed in her feed. It cost approx £7 and I really wonder if it is worth all the trouble of growing and preparing the mint to the same high standard when it can be bought for so little money. I will however still do the nettles as we have heaps of them growing around the edge of the paddock. kate in wet and warm Gloucestershire That's expensive Kate, buy a plant and you will be amazed how quickly it grows and spreads. I think that I made a poor job of describing the mint product, mint is already dried and crushed, a bit like fine sand, you just need to mix or sprinkle a medium spoonful over the animals feed and the job is done, the feed room smells wonderful and it lasts for quite some time. I think I will still grow some different sorts of mint for use in the kitchen. Thank you Sacha and Janet for your interest I hope this makes more sense :-) kate |
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mint revisited
On Sat, 2 Jun 2012 13:10:08 +0100, Janet wrote:
In article , says... One of my daughters has kindly given me a 500g tub of mint, all ready prepared for pony to have mixed in her feed. It cost approx £7 BOGGLE. and I really wonder if it is worth all the trouble of growing and preparing the mint to the same high standard when it can be bought for so little money. Mint is absolutely irrepressible and foolproof :-) You could grow a tub like that every month for nothing. Janet It's not foolproof! The OH managed to kill a large tub of it the year before last. 'twas only then I realised how difficult it can be to get your hands on some common garden mint which, IMO, has the best flavour. Everywhere round here was only selling those designer mints that are supposed to taste of apple, banana, strawberry .. anything but mint. Cheers, Jake ======================================= Urgling from the asylum formerly known as the dry end of Swansea Bay. |
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mint revisited
Jake wrote:
It's not foolproof! The OH managed to kill a large tub of it the year before last. 'twas only then I realised how difficult it can be to get your hands on some common garden mint which, IMO, has the best flavour. Everywhere round here was only selling those designer mints that are supposed to taste of apple, banana, strawberry .. anything but mint. Help yourself for 'cuttings' from mine - I dragged it up by the roots almost every time I walk through the garden during summer, cos it just annoys me so much. |
mint revisited
On Jun 2, 10:34*am, "Kate Morgan" wrote:
One of my daughters has kindly given me a 500g tub of mint, all ready prepared for pony to have mixed in her feed. It cost approx £7 and I really wonder if it is worth all the trouble of growing and preparing the mint to the same high standard when it can be bought for so little money. I will however still do the nettles as we have heaps of them growing around the edge of the paddock. kate in wet and warm Gloucestershire Why not put some stakes into the ground close together at the paddock edge, so horses cant get between them. Plant mint between them, and its self service. NT |
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On Sat, 2 Jun 2012 17:25:38 +0100, Sacha wrote:
There's a really tiny leaved one called (I think - not going out in the rain to look) Corsican mint. It's terribly pretty and is one of those little herb plants that would look really pretty in between paving stones. I once got Corsican mint growing very well between paving stones but then I tasted a bit. It has such a good taste that I started cutting too much. It doesn't like the wet weather in England. The combination of me and the rain was too much for it! Steve -- Neural Network Software. http://www.npsl1.com EasyNN-plus. Neural Networks plus. http://www.easynn.com SwingNN. Forecast with Neural Networks. http://www.swingnn.com JustNN. Just Neural Networks. http://www.justnn.com |
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