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Birthdays, anniversaries, various milestones – all reasons for getting together. When having fun time flies and that’s just what’s snuck up on Making It Grow, we’ve been on the air for thirty years.

“S” is for Sass, Herbert Ravenel (1884-1958). Journalist, naturalist, novelist.

Rudy Mancke hears from a listener who has seen a number of honeybees drinking from the birdbath in their yard.

Brachymesia gravida, commonly known as the four-spotted pennant, is a species of skimmer dragonfly found in North America.

The larval stage of the giant swallowtail butterfly is a caterpillar that resembles bird droppings.

Pantherophis alleghaniensis, commonly called the eastern rat snake, is a species of nonvenomous snake native to North America.

“D” is for Dixie Hummingbirds. Started in 1928 by twelve-year-old James Davis and neighborhood friends Bonnie Gipson, Jr., Fred Owens, and Barney Parks, the gospel quartet—and later quintet (with the addition of Ira Tucker)—influenced scores of gospel, soul, and rock and roll artists.

Recently, we went to the South Carolina Botanical Garden to film their newest project – the Birding Garden. The people who take up birding are dedicated and persistent, the garden staff noticed that every morning binocular-laden folks were gathering in a particular place below the Visitor’s Center, scanning the tree line for views of year-round or migratory avians.

The South Carolina Botanical Garden is on the Clemson campus but since 1992 has been designated as the State Botanical Garden.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Christopher Goodier about strategies to reduce the risk of birth defects. Dr. Goodier is an Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and a Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist at MUSC Women’s Health.