Phipps Orchid Show 2024

Vegetable and Fruit Gardens at Phipps

I recently went to Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh and checked out their gardens of veggies and fruit.  First of all, take a look at the large grape arbor above.  It’s very impressive!  I’m hoping it inspires us to start growing grapes next Spring.  Since grapes are perennials, I need to figure out where their forever […]

Spring Flower Show at Phipps

The Spring Flower Show is called Sunshine and Rainbows.  They had my favorite spring flowers:       It was difficult to take photos since were in a long line of people!  Hopefully, I remember not to go on the last day of the show and on a holiday weekend next year! Phipps has been […]

A Mixed Up Vegetable Garden

So we have some pictures of a unique way of vegetable gardening.   Last week Alan (my husband) was down in Dallas for some training and was lucky to visit with some family.  Aunt Donna and Uncle Scottie tried a unique way of gardening this year – Scottie put different types of seeds in a […]