Companions Fruits

Companions – Strawberries and Peas

I am going to try to give some of my insight for good plant combinations.   I decided to move my strawberry plants to one long raised bed this year and they are doing great! Strawberries definitely like a boost of nitrogen so I thought about planting either peas or beans in the bed with them.   […]

Fruits Vegetables

Harvesting Tomatillos

While I originally grew purple tomatillo plants from seed from Ferry-Morse, I made the mistake of putting them in the ground before the last cold spell was over.  Since they did not survive, I went out and bought two starter green tomatillo plants which are hard to find in Pittsburgh. The starter plants did really […]

Fruits

Do Blueberries Have to be Blue

Well you would think blueberries have to be blue!  There are exceptions to the blue rule!  For example, I am growing pink blueberries and regular blueberries.  There are black blueberries, but I am not growing this variety yet. Let’s start out with the Bluecrop Blueberry.  This blueberry plant has white flowers in the Spring, medium […]