A gardener picks fresh mint leaves from a plant in the garden - encierro/Shutterstock If you dream of harvesting fresh, minty leaves from your garden to make summery beverages or brighten up a savory ...

Mint was selected as Herb of the Year in 1998. It is one of the oldest recorded herbs. There are biblical references to paying taxes with mint leaves. The old herbalists used it for treatment of many ...

Mint consists of a very broad family of 3,500 plants, and all of them have square stems and opposite leaves. Aside from that, each type of mint is incredibly different; you may not have known as ...

If you dream of harvesting fresh, minty leaves from your garden to make summery beverages or brighten up a savory or sweet dish, you've probably thought about planting mint right in the ground. The ...