Floating APPLE MINT and apple slices
in water creates a crisp summer sip.
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AUGUST2008 BETTERHOMESANDGARDENS
A scattering of
CHOCOLATE MINT
dresses up a bowl of ice cream.
Mint will quickly take over
your garden if not kept
strictly under control. Simply
said, the best place to plant
mint is in a pot. Place the pot
in full or part sun and water
regularly. Fertilize sparingly.
You may sinkyour pot of
mint into a garden bed, but
check periodically to make
sure stems have not ‘escaped’
into the soil around them.
Peppermint and spearmint are
hardy to Zone 3—many of the
variegated and alternately
flavored cultivars are hardy
only to Zone 6.
