Roland Motte, our gardener advises you to plant mint. Its fragrance drives away insect pests and it brings flavor to your savory and sweet dishes.
With mint, the choice is yours! You are probably familiar with spearmint and peppermint, but there are many other varieties: it can be frosty, lemon, orange, ginger, strawberry, chocolate, grapefruit, anise… and it’s always mint but with nuances of different perfumes.
Mint is very easy to grow. It is a very hardy perennial. In the ground in the garden or in a pot, it prefers partial shade but also adapts very well to the sun. On the other hand, be careful, it is an invader. Its roots quickly colonize the space and risk smothering neighboring plants. The pot is therefore ideal for stemming its proliferation!
In the garden, it is very useful. It repels many insect pests that do not like its strong smell. For example, place a pot of mint in the middle of your cabbage, it will keep the butterfly away from the cabbage butterfly.
And in the kitchen, it’s even better. It will enhance and enhance, with its tonic flavor, your savory dishes, such as tabbouleh, your desserts, such as fruit salad or your cocktails, such as mojito.
Find Roland Motte on France Bleu Lorraine and France Bleu Besançon and on his website www.rolandmotte.fr.