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 […]
Vegetables
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 […]
Red Alert – Hornworms are Bad Bugs
If you grow members of the nightshade family such as such as tomatoes and tomatillos, the tomato hornworm can destroy your plants. The hornworm will grow between 3 and 4 inches long. First of all, I noticed that the leaves on my one tomatillo plant looked like they were sagging. Then I noticed a rather […]
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