Blooms

Showy Pink Primrose

The Showy Pink Primrose has a pale pink flower and a pale yellow middle.   The butterflies really love this flower.  It is a Zone 4 plant which means it will tolerate the cold. While the plant tag indicates that it is a mounding perennial that grows between 12 inches high and wide.  I would say […]

Vegetables

Follow-Up Friday – Lettuce, Spinach and Radishes

  Wow this crazy weather in Pittsburgh has been great for my lettuce, spinach and radishes!  Do a search in this blog for the articles on these three vegetables so you can see what varieties I am growing.   As for the Spinach, I’ve only planted the Monstrueux de Viroflay and the Baby’s Leaf Hybrid.  I will […]

General Gardening Vegetables

Beans – Bush or Pole – Snap, Shell or Dried

Beans grow in either a bush form or vine on a pole.  You need to know which type you have so you can properly support it.   Also, beans are harvested fresh or dried.  The fresh ones include snap or shell beans.  Snap beans are picked when the pod is slender and the bean is small.  […]