Gardening


Dave Foreman of Eighty Four bites into a 'Carolina Reaper' hot pepper.

Gardeners love to grow the hottest peppers

The hottest peppers are easy to grow with a little patience.

1 day ago

Orchid show in Shadyside

Orchid Society brings annual show to Phipps Garden Center on March 15-16.

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A Monarch caterpillar feeds on a swamp milkweed plant, which was one of the better performing annuals last year in the county's demonstration gardens in North and South parks.

These annuals were the winners in county's demonstration gardens

Penn State Master Gardeners name the top performers in 2013 demonstration gardens in North Park and South Park.

1 week ago

Antique appraiser Lori Verderame, better known as Dr. Lori, will be at the Pittsburgh Home & Garden Show.

2014 Pittsburgh Home & Garden Show opens Friday

The show runs through March 16 at David L. Lawrence Convention Center; new this year is the chance for a free appraisal of small antiques.

1 week ago

Julie Johns from Territorial Seeds reacts to grafted tomato varieties. On the left is a non-grafted plant; on the right is grafted. They are called Mighty 'Mato, from SuperNaturals Grafted Vegetables.

Several companies now offer vegetables with grafted root stocks

Grafted tomatoes and other vegetables offer disease resistance and lots of fruit.

2 weeks ago

Groundcovers suitable for a septic mound

Sedum or wildflowers are great groundcovers for steep sand mound septic system.

2 weeks ago

Seed catalogs go big and small

The new seed catalogs tantalize with vegetables both big and small.

3 weeks ago

Prince Charles had designers create this entry garden for the 2008 Chelsea Flower Show in London. Afterward, it was installed at Highgrove and remains there today.

Highgrove, Prince Charles' private gardens, is well worth the trip

Highgrove, Prince Charles' private garden in the Cotswolds, is not an easy place to get into but well worth the trip.

3 weeks ago

This is the orginal seed packet and seeds given to me by Bob Janca in the mid 1980's.

Chance meeting leads to a lifetime of collecting seeds

An obsession with saving seeds started with an Ohio man and his 'Cherokee Trail of Tears' pole beans.

4 weeks ago

Bitter cold's effect on plants will show in spring

Snow cover, variation in temperatures much more important than how cold it is in determining whether plants survive.

4 weeks ago

Lectures on the agenda

Mt. Lebanon Library offers programs on seeds, landscape design and Italian gardens; Michael Dirr to speak at landscape symposium.

4 weeks ago


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