The garden has been keeping me so busy the past few weeks that I've not had any time to spend online. I'm way late updating this blog and haven't even posted my August newsletter yet!

I'm a Facebook neophyte and am only just learning how to use it so didn't suffer any withdrawal there, but I really missed my friends on Twitter. (hook up with me if you'd like to feed these growing addictions, lol!)

Big news from the garden is that the late blight is here, so it's buh-bye tomatoes..... The cool nights and endless rain that encouraged the blight sure was good to the mints though! Just trimming between rainstorms has given me more mint than I know what to do with

Happily, more herb than I know what to do with is a fun challenge to learn more ways to use that herb! Right now, I only use my mint for tea and soap. I'm seeing new minty face scrubs, colognes and soap blends in my very-near-future!

Coincidentally, a new batch of my always-popular, handcrafted Rosemary Mint soap has just finished curing and is ready for sale: 20% off 'til the end of the month!