SCOTTSBLUFF — For a day or two every year, local farmer Dan Fitts sets aside his usual farming routine to delve into science. Fitts, who grows mint, oversees the steam distillation process to lift the ...

What better ingredient to get everyone excited for the winter holiday season. Peppermint (Mentha piperita) is a hybrid herb — a cross between watermint and spearmint — usable in many different forms.

This recipe for Vegan Peppermint Patties is one of the simplest homemade candies for the holidays and tastes so good.

The peppermint plant is a perennial that is planted by rhizomes, or roots, not seed planted like many other crops. Dan Fitts releases steam from a tub after essential oil has been lifted from ...