Blooms

Beautiful Black Eyed Susan

What a beautiful flower – deep yellow/gold petals and black centers.  I guess this is a Pittsburgh flower since our favorite pro teams are black and gold! The formal name for this Black Eyed Susan is Rudbeckia f. Goldturm – now who is going to remember that name!  I wished I would have realized how […]

Recipes Vegetables

Cooking Sugar Snaps

Well I am ALMOST done growing sugar snap peas!   First of all, I previously planted about 16 vines – 2 on each pole.   Since these plants are starting to slow down and like cooler weather, I decided to start another round.  I planted two more seeds on the other side of the same poles […]

Recipes Vegetables

Peach Salsa

We bought some peaches and used our Anaheim green chili peppers and shallots from the garden for this yummy salsa that complemented our Mahi Mahi dinner. Ingredients: 2 large peaches skinned and pitted 2 Anaheim green chili peppers (or Jalapenos) 2 small shallots (or onions) cilantro lime juice coarse Kosher salt Dice the peaches into […]