This is my first attempt at blogging. I am much more comfortable with herbs and people than I am with technology. I promise to give it my best shot!

This blog will be primarily about herbs but since I am a multi-dimensional person it will also have other insights and yes, maybe ramblings. The world around me is so dynamic and ever changing that I can’t help but comment on it.

I am a born and bred Southerner….a sweet tea and grits kind of girl. I learned about herbs in the Appalachian mountains of North Carolina, an amazing place to sit and listen to the plants. Did you know that the Appalachian mountains are second only to the Rainforest in the amount of medicinal plants they hold? Everywhere you look there are plants that want to be of service. To an herbalist it is paradise. That is where my love affair with the healing plants began.

Fast forward to 2010….I now live in the desert Southwest and have for about 8 years now. I miss my beloved Appalachians but I am enthralled with the desert. What originally seemed like a baren wasteland has taught me the lesson that not everything is as it seems. The desert is beautiful and yes, full of life! I can attest to the full of life part because some little critter is always eating what I am planting. We have a little power struggle going on, I think I’m a gardener, the critters think I’m a waitress serving them dinner. It would be easier to be mad at them if they weren’t so darn cute!

It is January in the desert so that means spring. For those of you in the rest of the country I’m sorry to have said that but it’s true. In an attempt to thwart the critters and have more space we are building a greenhouse. It is a community effort and a labor of love. Growing seasons are short in the desert so we’re working as fast as life will allow. I’ll keep you updated on the progress.