Blooms

Zanny Zinnias

For long lasting flowers, I love zinnias!  I grow the shorter zinnias that are about 15 inches high and wide  and come in the single and double flowered versions.   I always put them in my planter boxes up against the house.  This year I also put them in my my flower bed in the […]

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 […]