playing n the dirt

One group of plants that I have not been successful growing is herbs.  I have heard they are easy to grow and in fact will grow like weeds.  Not mine, and I am not sure what I have done wrong, other than all my attempts have been in containers.

So yes I was surprised this week to discover a mint growing in a container of petunia’s in one of the garden beds.  When I first spotted it I thought it was mint and rubbed the leaves to make sure.  Sure enough, it’s mint.  I have been keeping an eye on it and it seems to be doing fine.  In fact is growing like a weed.

I am not sure where it came from, but I do recycle my potting mix.  I probably recycled a container of mix that I had tried to grow mint in and used it when potting the petunias. 

My next text will be to see if I can keep it alive over this winter.  Wish me luck.

Playing n the dirt is a new blog all about gardening.  Any type of gardening.  Flowers, vegetables, containers, house plants, herds or even the lone chia pet plant.  At heart I am still a six year playing in the dirt.  Only now I have some beautiful flowers and wonderful tasting vegetables when I get done.

Bear with me while I get the blog up and running the way I want.  In the near future (I hope) I will have some great tips on all the different types of gardening.  I’ll include lots of my own picutres and would love seeing yours.  For now this blog is like a new garden.  I have great things in mind, but have just started to plant the seeds.  Please come back often to see the changes and how we have grown.