Spearmint is one of the top picks in natural medicine. Scientifically known as Mentha spicata, and also called garden mint or ...

Simply grab a small wooden clothespin and some cotton balls. Dab two to three drops of spearmint essential oil onto a cotton ...

Spearmint, a variety of mint closely related to peppermint, is widely enjoyed by brewing it into a tea. Drinking spearmint ...

Peppermint is a naturally occurring cross between the spearmint and watermint plants. The oil is sometimes referred to by the name of its main chemical component, menthol. Peppermint’s ...

Below, I cover why you might want to grow spearmint, whether spearmint repels bugs better in an oil and whether spearmint repels mosquitoes, bugs, mice and everything else that it deters.