Mice Hate Peppermint*

Mice hate peppermint

I read an RV newsletter entry where they were talking about Electronic Pest Repellent. They were wanting to know if it worked. I, on the other hand, have been using peppermint. My walking partner has a spray that she uses around her garage to keep mice away. She has used it for years and it contains peppermint. I had recently run across an article about using homemade peppermint spray to repel mice and spiders and other insects. I bought a big bottle of pure peppermint oil from Amazon and made this recipe.
Peppermint Mice Repellent 
1 cup of water
1 teaspoon pure peppermint oil
4 or 5 drops of Dawn dishwashing liquid
 Put these things into a spray bottle. Shake slightly and spray away. One other benefit of this spray is that with fruit flies and gnats you can spray them on your kitchen counter and it will not be toxic. You can spray them in mid-air and they drop like a rock. I'm going to keep up the battle of spraying with peppermint oil and hope like heck the answer is true, that mice do not like peppermint.