Ripen Green Tomatoes
A few weeks back I removed the all the tomato plants and green tomatoes from the garden since the cool and frosty evenings were the new normal. The red or…
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 Many of the annoying weeds of years past - like thistle, have been replaced by grass, purslane (edible) and creeping charlie (edible).…
Salsa Fresca (Fresh Salsa)
One of the best things about summer is fresh salsa made from ingredients we grow at home. We have lots of great herbs growing on the deck and a crazy…
Meet Roma and Juliet: Growing Tomatoes
It's our first tomato harvest of the season! We had our first tomatoes with pesto (basil from our garden) served with beets. The kids called it 'garden dinner.' If anyone…
Everybody Freeze: Protecting Your Plants with a Sand Bucket
Okay Mother Nature, stop being funny! Another freeze warning, no - not like the Cha-Cha Slide song. It's one thing to cover up flower beds, but now I needed to…
Today. We garden. Phase 1
Today we started our garden! We started two beds of vegetables and one bed of tomatoes. The weather should be in the mid to upper 60s to 70s for the…
Tomato and Cheese Bread Pudding: Wolfgang Puck Red Carpet Recipe Contest
I was cruising my Facebook page on last week when I saw a posting from The Grammy's about a contest Wolfgang Puck was running. The grand prize is an all…