Mint

By Sriya Bairy

My mother got a few sprigs of mint from her friend 7 years ago and planted them in our soil, introducing this plant into our garden. She mixed compost with regular gardening soil before planting them. I look after this plant by watering it twice a day and putting fertilizer and compost into the soil 2-3 times per month. Additionally, our mint plant is kept in sunlight for about half of the day and in shade for the other half. We have also given it a large space to grow. When we first planted mint, we thought it would not even grow. However, after a few weeks, it spread across the planter box. It is still very difficult to control the growth of this plant, which gives us a good incentive to put it to use. Before we had this plant, my family rarely used mint in our cooking. However, we now incorporate it into our home cooking and often explore new recipes and uses for this ingredient.