For someone who writes a lot about gardening, I don’t actually have a garden of my own – in fact, I don’t even have a balcony.
Instead, I’ve got some windowsills, only one of which is sun-facing. For a long time, I thought that meant growing anything bigger than a cactus was out of bounds.
But when I did have a back garden, I remember how rampant mint grew in it. The plant is so unstoppable that some gardening experts say to avoid planting mint in the ground altogether because of how stubbornly and easily it spreads.
So, after the recent purchase of a £1.80 supermarket mint plant, I figured I’d try my definitely-not-green-thumbed hand at propagating it at home.
Despite some significant mistakes, a tiny growing space, and some accidental neglect, here’s how it’s going less than a month later (this is the difference from 2-28 May):
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