Nice with Lamb (Mint)

Member Name: welshwolf

Product:	Mint
Date:	26/02/01 (95 review reads)
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Being a lover of Lamb mint is a must in the garden. I was lucky that when we moved to this house Mint was already established in the Garden.

Mint has a very spicy flavour and the oil from the plant is used for the manufacture of spearmint chewing gum. The leaf is green and to the uneducated eye looks like nettles except for the very distinct smell.

The plant will grow some fifteen inches in height and has a little lilac flower that is normally out during August. If you do buy the plant ensure that you get the garden mint not the horsemint, which is very similar but has a very unpleasant smell.

The only trouble with mint is that is difficult to stop it from spreading across every inch of the garden. It also has a fungus that is like Rust and can spread to other herbs.

The plant originally came from the Mediterranean and is believed to have taken its name from the Greek nymph Minthe. Mint can also be used to make a refreshing drink in the summer and is said to be good to stimulate an appetite.

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