Here is a mint planting tip I just saw: Planting Mint If you love mint in your herb garden, but don't want it to take over, try this technique. Plant the mint plant in a plastic pot, or a tub with its bottom removed, and plant the pot in the ground so only the pot lip is showing. This will help keep it from invading the rest of the garden. The Chile Cheese Head, Dan McWilliams ===================== I have tried that and it did not work. Heavy stems fall over and root and runners went over the edge and took off 5-15 feet away. ~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~ Uncle Steve's HOT Stuff Anything & Everything about Chiles http://usHOTstuff.com/ The Chile Seed Ring http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=hotseed;list ~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~