I’m thrilled to announce my next tour is to explore Poland for 12 days from June 18-29, 2026.
We’ll visit Warsaw, Malbork Castle, Kraków, Jasna Góra Monastery, Black Madonna, Saxon Garden and the Botanical Garden at the University of Warsaw, Poland’s countryside, the Botanical Garden of Jagiellonian University with the largest orchid collection in Poland and 23 acres of beautiful plantings, Auschwitz and much more.

We always have fun on Pittsburgh Today Live. For this show, we planted pansies and violas in containers. Daisy and David both tasted the edible flowers!

Capricious Goats in Clinton, Pa has free manure for gardeners that they will load. You just have to bring a truck or other way to get the manure. Email LCAcres2020@gmail.com to set up a time to get the good stuff for the garden.

Here’s Doug’s guide to starting and growing tomatoes. Follow these instructions for a bountiful harvest.

I had fun interviewing Frank Hyman, author of Ripe Tomato Revolution.
Besides being a tomato junkie, Frank is also an expert in foraging for mushrooms.

We had a lot of fun on Pittsburgh Today Live talking about feeding the birds. There are lots of reasons to feed them, but it’s especially important for gardeners. Feeding them through the winter establishes a foraging route. When it’s time to feed the babies, the birds will hunt the foraging route for insects.