Lettuce Varieties

Speckles Butterhead Lettuce

Speckles Butterhead Lettuce is almost too pretty to eat! Features: 1) It is bright green with red freckles/speckles.   I think I am partial to this variety because I am loaded with freckles too! 2) Speckles will germinate in 5 to 10 days. 3) This variety will mature in 55 days. 4) The spacing for Speckles […]

Plant Science

Flower Proliferation

This year I noticed something unusual with one of my yellow calendula plants.  From one flower head, several stems and flower buds developed. I didn’t even realize that this was a possibility and didn’t know what to call it.  After searching on the internet, I realized that it has a name – proliferation.  This can […]

Cocktails from Pittsburgh Bars

Un-president’d Cocktail

We went to the farmer’s market last Friday on the North Side of Pittsburgh and stopped by to visit with the folks at Siempre Algo.   Of course, I tried one of their creations called Un-president’d.  It was very good! Ingredients: Maggie’s Farm White Rum – Maggie’s Farm is a Pittsburgh distillery Alma de Trabanco Quinquina […]