Red Alert

Red Alert – Bad Veggie Companions for Beans

BEANS do NOT like the onion family which includes onions, shallots, scallions, leeks and garlic.  These vegetables inhibit the growth of beans. There are some vegetables that don’t grow well together.  Now when I garden in my raised beds, I tend to plant something new as I harvest something else.  Sometimes I am just too […]

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 […]