I'm hoping to get some herbs growing this year, and intended to corral mint in some kind of container, like even a large clay pot partly sunk into the ground.

Either that or I'll plant it in the front yard, and if it actually survives against the dogs, then it deserves to take over. Jeez that just gave me a lightbulb moment...I've got a sea of mud where they killed all the grass, maybe I'll sow it with mint...