If you are new to gardening, you are probably wondering what these terms mean and how they affect seed saving. Open Pollinated: If your goal is to save seeds, it is best to do it with seeds from open pollinated plants. This means that if you isolate or distance any varieties within the same plant […]
Houlihans in Pittsburgh has a great happy hour. Cheap eats and reasonable cocktails. Alan enjoyed a Mandarin Martini this past week. Of course, I had a sip or two! Ingredients: Absolut Mandrin Malibu Coconut Rum Mango Lemon Juice Orange Juice If you missed my post on the Don’t Go Bacon My Heart Cocktail, clink on […]
Confession time: I am not growing any magnolia trees but I love to admire them each Spring.  They seem to be the first tree to bloom in the area so they give us hope that it will be warm soon and that Spring is really here. The pink blooms are beautiful! The petals are beautiful […]
