Recipes Vegetables

Tomato, Basil and Mozzarella Salad

First of all, these are not eyeballs and I am not trying to make a Halloween dish!  When we have lots of cherry tomatoes overflowing from the garden and fresh basil, Mom and I love to buy some mozzarella and make tomato, basil & mozzarella salad.  It doesn’t get simpler than this: Ingredients: Tomatoes (full […]

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 […]

Vegetables

My Favorite Summer Squash and Cucumbers

As for summer squash, I  grew Cube of Butter (yellow squash) and tried growing Cocozelle (green zucchini) and Patty Pan Scallop Squash which comes in green, yellow and white from Botanical Interests.   Much to my frustration, I did not get any Cocozelle and Patty Pan Squash.   The Cube of Butter was fantastic!  I grew it […]