That’s why I planted mine in a plant box instead of in tue garden directly.

I used to have them in plant boxes on the balcony when we lived in a ghetto in a bigger city and the only reason they ended up eventually dying after a reign of Terror in every single plant box on my balcony for a couple years, was because I got depression and forgot to water them during a particularly toasty summer. We are talking three months on scorching heat and no water before they finally admitted defeat.

There is no plant I fear and respect more than mint.