Planting mint

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I'm planning a raised bed of mint. I have a few of those trug buckets with broken handles which I thought I could use to contain the mint within the bed. Should I just make lots of holes in the bottom or am I better off cutting the bottom out to stop it getting water logged in rain.

Mint likes good drainage but if you cut the bottom out of the trug completely I think it will spread right through the raised bed. I would go for holes in the trug a small amount of gravel in the bottom and keep an eye out for it escaping. If you use it regularly it is easy enough to spot the runners when you are picking

Mint is a thug! I grew some of mine in a pot, as I was sick of it invading my herb patch. The bugger has just cracked its way out - the pot has fallen apart in two neat halves where the roots have pressured it!
OP, resign yourself to having a whole raised bed of mint. It will mug anything else in there, break out of any restraining pot or gravel, and set off on its mission of world domination....

@Aj63 the gravel is a good suggestion - thank you.

@Babdoc I've had mint in pots for so long but they end up looking stressed and miserable probably because they dry out. I'm resigned to it being an entire bed of mint (the other herbs will go in a different raised bed) separated by a path laid on concrete mix.