Mulching with mint

I grow a big nepeta (catmint) collection and it's a really nicely behaved large (some varieties) mint.    Sterile seeding and not quite as easy to grow from stem cuttings as other types of mints.    It needs/ can have a LOT of cutting back through the whole season, so this year I've been bunding up the trimmings and then chopping them small to use as organic mulch cover in my veggie garden.   Hoping the mint helps disguise some of my plants that are more appealing to rabbits and deer, etc.    I do see that it brings bees in as soon as I start mulching with it, which is another bonus!  

The flowers on your plant look so pretty!  I like your idea of using it as a mulch and to deter critters. What other ways to you use this plant?

https://eattheplanet.org/catmint-a-useful-and-irresistible-herb/

Here are some ways.    I do tea now and then but it's not a favorite for me.   And my cat loves rolling around in it when he goes outside.  

I agree with Angela, this is a very good idea. Nicely done!

Heather Staas wrote:https://eattheplanet.org/catmint-a-useful-and-irresistible-herb/

Here are some ways.    I do tea now and then but it's not a favorite for me.   And my cat loves rolling around in it when he goes outside.  

Heather, thank you for the link. It was an informative read. Would you like to swap some seeds? I can send you Bidens aristosa. It has many common names: Bearded Beggarticks, tickseed sunflower, to name a few. The little seeds resemble a tick, thus it’s name. It’s native to North America and attracts pollinators. Here are some photos of it on my property where is blooms August until frost.

Heather Staas wrote:https://eattheplanet.org/catmint-a-useful-and-irresistible-herb/

Here are some ways.    I do tea now and then but it's not a favorite for me.   And my cat loves rolling around in it when he goes outside.  

Nicely done!   I had  a good stand of stinging nettle which I thought was catnip/catmint (partly because my cat loved to roll in it).  I   I lost it all to my chickens (same time as I lost the sunchokes) but I just discovered (same as the sunchokes) that I have a number of volunteers in the same bed which really relieves me.  I do have a lot of general inflammation I blame on general aging but may try making a tea from it to see if it helps.    

I *really* like it when I ignore/neglect something and it recovers/endures anyway.   Then I *know* the conditions it really likes to thrive.  

I get tomatillo volunteers every year *somewhere* as well as devils claws.   I have had a small stand (3-6 plants) of mullien in the eastern side of my 16' yurt (not primary residence) that really exploded this year...  I must have (literally) 1000 tiny first year plants in about a 30' vicinity with different levels of shade... I really need to see if I can develop a taste for them as salad (and wilted?) greens.      

I also have a lot of volunteer "bee weed" (local indigenous name is guaco) popping up lots of places far from the two small stands I have had for years.   These stands are host to "tarantula wasps" every (late) summer but all the small pollinators love them.   The seeds are used here in a traditional ceramic glaze... I believe it has to do with a particular high iron content...  for black on black pottery.

another mulching with aromatics;  trimming my sage and I've already dried more than I can use or share: