General Gardening Other Gardens

Butterflies at Phipps Conservatory

Back in August, our family went to Phipps Conservatory to see the Butterfly Forest which is an ongoing live exhibit all summer.  In one room you can see butterflies making their grand entrance and flying about. In case you don’t remember the life cycle of a butterfly consists of the following first there is an […]

General Gardening Other Gardens

Vegetable and Fruit Gardens at Phipps

I recently went to Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh and checked out their gardens of veggies and fruit.  First of all, take a look at the large grape arbor above.  It’s very impressive!  I’m hoping it inspires us to start growing grapes next Spring.  Since grapes are perennials, I need to figure out where their forever […]

General Gardening Other Gardens

Gardening in Oregon

Check out this garden.  First of all, Debbie and her husband, Dell had Alan, John and me over during our Oregon vacation.  After serving a fabulous breakfast that included omelettes and a fruit salad of local blueberries and strawberries and some bananas, we checked out Debbie’s garden. Look at these raised beds – Debbie has […]