Planting Peas and Other Early-Spring Crops to Start on now
St. Patrick’s Day signals the start of planting, but there’s still plenty of time to get seeds and plants in the ground.
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How to garden: There’s no such thing as a green thumb!
How to garden: There’s no such thing as a green thumb
Chanticleer Garden designs with vegetables as COVID begins. Donates nearly 5000 pounds of produce.
The team at Chanticleer Garden switched gears last year as the pandemic began. Unsure of when they would be able to open, they decided to grow vegetables in many of the gardens. Using them as design elements where flowers would usually go. Not only were…
Unique snowdrop and homemade container evoke memories of garden friends
A special spring flower and a handmade container bring back memories of two garden friends.
‘Duet’ is Pittsburgh’s famous dahlia, bred by the late Fred Scott
‘Duet’ dahlia was introduced in 1955 and was discovered by Fred Scott of Pleasant Hills, Pa.
Making more plants by taking cuttings and rooting in Pitt Moss.
Taking cuttings is a great way to make more plants.
Tour the Spring Flower Show at Phipps with Doug from PTL
I spent the day with Laura Schoch, a display horticulturist at Phipps Conservatory, exploring “Canopy of Color,” the Spring Flower Show . I was blown away by the show and I’m excited for you to see it on Pittsburgh Today Live. Here’s the show. You…