Summer Is Coming To An End

Here it is, the end of August.  The sun is setting sooner and the nights are getting cooler.  Summer has passed too soon.  One good thing, great sleeping weather at night, especially if you are camping.

We will be starting up again soon at Meridens's Farmers' Market, with our Mulling Spice Blend, perfect timing with the arrival of Apple Cider.  Our Savory Garlic Blend has been a success.  We will start carrying the herbal cooking blend in a mason jar container.  As always, our Garden Blend and sea salts will be available.

Solid Lotion bars, freshly whipped shea butter and our sugar scrubs with whipped shea butter will make their appearance again.  Perfectly blended, to keep your skin nice and soft during the winter months.  Keep in mind, they make perfect gift items all year round.  We will even custom scent them to match the scent of our handmade soaps.

Speaking of handmade soaps, we make a number of them for every skin type and to please the senses.

Bay Rum with white clay - perfect for shaving or use as a bath soap.  Definitely the scent of the tropics, the scent of "Old Spice"

Clean Cotton - Yankee - smells like cotton sheets, hanging on a clothesline, blowing in the summer wind.

Orange Spice - the scent of sweet orange with the undertone of spice.  Pefrect for the Fall season.

Lemongrass - fresh lemon scent with LOTS of bubbles.  Makes you want to stay in the shower longer, just for the scent alone.

Four Thieves - sage, peppermint, rosemary and lavender.  Every time I smell the scent of the bar, it changes the scent.  Sometimes I smell the peppermint first, other times the sage and sometimes the lavender.  The other scents come to play after the main scent presents itself.  This is one of our latest soap we have made.

Herbal Mint - great during the summer to help cool your body, even better in the winter to soothe those achy muscles and help you relax.

Goat's Milk Soap - for those with very sensitive skin.  Has lots of lather to help soften extremely dry skin.

Bayberry Soap - our signature soap.  Has a wonderful fragrance that is nice throughout the year.  Makes a perfect hand soap in any guest bath.

And these are only a few.  At times, we carry as many as 23 different types of soap.

Teas with a bit of history.  We have the Lucky Dragon Hyson green tea, which is one of the British favorite teas.  The hyson tea is one that is similar to the one thrown into the Boston Harbor during the Boston Tea Party.  This type of tea was the most expensive tea available at the time (18th Century) and was taxed the highest.   The Litchee Congou and Superior Gunpowder teas were also available at the time as well and were types of teas that were also thrown into the harbor.  The congou tea is infused in litchee fruit, giving it a pleasant sweet scent that is nice to drink hot or iced.  The Superior Gunpowder tea has its leaves handrolled, so that they look like the grains of gunpowder.  When brewed, the leaves open up.  Our gunpowder tea is green tea.  We also have a Monk's tea, French Blend, Earl Grey, White Tea and a number of other teas.

So what's cooking at Bayberry Meadow Herbs? A bit of everything.  A little something to please anyone.

May our paths cross, soon.