
Last week, I posted pictures of how pretty Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Pittsburgh looked outside at Christmas. Now its time to see the inside. . .


More tree decorating ideas. . .



Last week, I posted pictures of how pretty Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Pittsburgh looked outside at Christmas. Now its time to see the inside. . .


More tree decorating ideas. . .


Garden Railroad: Our National Parks Exhibit was on display at Phipps at the same time as the Blooms Under the Big Top. The featured photo above is Saguaro National Park. The rest of the parks are labeled below. I loved seeing all the little plants – way to go Phipps!
While I first saw a Northern Mockingbird in our yard in 2020, it was quite eventful. While I wanted to keep feeding this mockingbird, he kept go after the other birds that I had been feeding for a long time and wouldn’t let them eat. He especially did not like the cardinals – how territorial and […]
The kohlrabi bulb which grows above the ground should be harvested when the diameter is between 2 and 4 inches or a little bigger than a golf ball but smaller than a tennis ball. If the bulb gets too big it will be very woody and too tough to eat. I typically pull the entire […]

