Red Alert

Red Alert – Bad Fruit Companions for the Cabbage Family

If you are growing any plants in the Cabbage/Brassica family such as broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, cabbage, kale and kohlrabi, you should think again before you plant strawberries next to them.  Strawberries are bad companions for this veggie family.     Strawberries send off shoots/runners and can be very invasive if not controlled. When the […]

Vegetables

The Celery is Still Growing

If you recall, I decided to grow celery from scraps this year since celery takes so long to mature from seed.  Growing it from scraps means that I cut about 3 inches from the base of organic celery and stuck it in a bowl of water.   I gave it light under my grow lights while […]

Vegetables

Garlic Types and Growing Garlic

While I was unable to attend the Tomato Garlic Festival at Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh in August last year, I made it this year.  Of all times, I forgot my camera and my cell phone so  don’t have any pictures of the event.  The main reason that I like to attend is to pick out […]