Prepping for Winter

Prepping for Winter – Harvesting Vegetables

This weekend it was rather cool.  On Sunday night, it got below 30 degrees – yikes!  Since there was frost on the horizon, I harvested a lot of tomatoes, some peppers and two small zucchinis on Saturday.  Of course, I waited until the last minute to start get ready for winter. I pulled the stakes, support […]

General Gardening Other Gardens

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 […]