Milkweed and Monarchs
After many years of trying to grow milkweed from seed I finally went out searching for plants - again. Previous years proved to be near misses with milkweed plants. I…
May Gardening (2017)
I've learned my lesson from years past and have been holding off on planting in the garden until at least past Mother's Day, if not Memorial Day weekend. Since I…
Garden and Garlic Planting (2017)
In fine November tradition, the girls and I started the garden for next year by planting garlic. I told myself I would not plant more than 72 garlic cloves, but…
Garden Plan (2016)
My 2016 garden started last fall with the planting of seventy-two cloves of garlic started from Enon Valley Garlic bulbs. Just after the daffodils started to poke through the ground,…
Garlic Planting: 2016
Another year, another garlic plan! Last year I got the worst chest cold just after Halloween, which is when I wanted to plant garlic. This year, I thought I would…
Garlic Harvest 2015
Many hands make light work, and the kids did a lot of work with the garlic this year. They planted it in the fall. Helped harvest garlic scapes. Farm to…
Let’s grow some zucchini!
We decided to mix things up in the garden this year by growing some zucchini, since we all can not get enough of the deliciousness that is squash. Sauteed, grilled,…
Garden Plan: 2015
Soon as the calendar rolls around to March I get stoked for the upcoming garden season. I know our season technically started last fall when we tilled the entire garden,…
Penn State – Garden in the Parks Field Day (North Park – Pittsburgh, PA)
A few weeks ago, a friend tipped me off on this yard and gardening event happening near us. The Penn State Master Gardeners of Allegheny host Garden in Parks Field…
BLTs and Tomato Woes
The garden this year has been pretty chill. Many of the annoying weeds of years past - like thistle, have been replaced by grass, purslane (edible) and creeping charlie (edible).…