When I first looked at my herb garden this year I discovered that my catnip had not over-wintered. This surprised me because catnip is a very hardy herb. Most forms of mint are. So I replanted it a little bit ago. The day after I planted it I noticed it looked like someone had trampled it. Several pieces were broken and it had fallen over. I started wondering whether there was some mysterious disease in my soil or whether the cinder blocks that surround my herb garden were toxic in some way. But a good watering seemed to help revive it, so I bought a couple more plants and planted them in a different part of my yard (in the bed with the snow peas and the peppers), just in case there WAS something wrong in the herb garden.

A few days went by and all my catnip seemed to be thriving. So I figured that Sam had over picked it last year and probably stepped on it this year (without telling me, of course). Today I went out to look at my garden and THE CATNIP WAS GONE! I don