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Mint is a pleasant plant to grow. Once you start using it you’ll wonder how you ever did without! Plant in pot because it’s rather invasive.

Mentha requienii

Mentha requienii: expert tips for growing creeping mint

Herbs and spices
Fresh garden peas and mint leaves in a bright green summer salad bowl

Fresh Pea and Mint Salad — The 10-Minute Garden Recipe Before Your Peas Turn Starchy

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Lush green mint plant with fresh stems ready for harvest in a summer garden

Your Mint Smells Amazing — But Are You Harvesting It All Wrong?

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Vigorous mint plant spreading aggressively across a garden bed in summer sunlight

Why Is Your Mint Taking Over Everything — And How Do You Stop It?

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Lush fresh mint, basil, and rosemary herbs growing together in terracotta pots on a sunny patio

The Herb I Nearly Killed Three Times (And Why It’s Worth Every Effort)

Herbs and spices
Herb garden

The dizzying beauty of a herb spiral right in your own garden

Herbs and spices
Tips on how to set up a deck, terrace or patio

Tips to set up a deck or patio: balance furniture with plants

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Starting an indoor vegetable garden

Indoor vegetable patch, straightforward and effective

The Vegetable Patch
Grow kits for vegetables

Growing vegetables & ‘shrooms with ready-made kits

The Vegetable Patch
Mint

Mint, refreshments for the summer

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Herbs and spices growing in a garden

Herbs and spices, everything there is to know about them

Herbs and spices
Best herbs for garden

Grow herbs and spices, the 10 Best Basic Herbs

Herbs and spices
Pineapple mint with variegated leaves

Pineapple mint, beautifully variagated

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Red spider mite

Red spider mite, best organic treatments to get rid of it

Treating diseases and pests
An impatiens remains potted but benefits from being in the ground for water and nutrients.

Pot-in-pot technique for easy annuals

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Plants that help you heal naturally

Herbal teas from the garden: six plants to grow for your own tea cupboard

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