Prepping for Winter

Prepping for Winter – Harvesting Vegetables

This weekend it was rather cool.  On Sunday night, it got below 30 degrees – yikes!  Since there was frost on the horizon, I harvested a lot of tomatoes, some peppers and two small zucchinis on Saturday.  Of course, I waited until the last minute to start get ready for winter. I pulled the stakes, support […]

Seed and Bulb Ideas

Bulb Ideas for Onion and Shallots

For the last several years, I’ve been planting my garlic cloves and onion sets in the Fall.  This is the first year that I am trying shallots.  In Pittsburgh, it is close to impossible to find shallots and different types of onions in the Fall.  Last year I only found yellow onion sets. As a […]

Seed and Bulb Ideas

Bulb Ideas for Garlic

I went to the Tomato and Garlic Festival which is also call Red Ripe and Roasted at Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh, PA today.  One of the reasons that I like to attend this event is to get my garlic bulbs to plant from Enon Valley Garlic. The festival went  from 11 AM to 4 PM […]