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.  […]

Vegetables

Zucchini or Squash – Summer or Winter

When you go to the grocery store, you typically find that zucchini is green and squash is yellow but there are exceptions of course!   You will see that there are many varieties if grown from seed.  Technically, zucchini is a type of squash.  While there are many winter varieties, I typically grow just summer […]