As the Garden Grows

This site seems to have stirred up some controversy in the world of Gardening. Twice in fact over the last few months.
I’ll admit that when I first started this site it was my intention that it would be a gardening blog. That’s why I called it As the Garden Grows and why it’s url contains […]

Hey, do you enjoy looking at new homes?

I guess you could call it a form of window shopping.
I enjoy occasionally going to open houses in the area to see how other people have decorated or renovated their homes. Especially if the home is similar in design to my own. […]

Guess what!
I just about had a heart attack on Sunday. I was standing in the kitchen talking to my husband and I turned my head to look out the window at the garden and some fluttering by the hummingbird feeder caught my eye.

I realized that I was seeing the first hummingbird of the season!
I […]

I’ve always found it fascinating how most herbs and a number of plants have been used throughout history to cure what ails us.

I actually have a number of books about herbs and their medicinal uses. I should dig them out and write about some of the more commonly found herbs from time to time. […]