I had a great conversation with my friend Buddy Lee. He’s an amazing plant breeder best known for the Encore Azalea, which is a repeat bloomer.
Buddy shared some great stories about how he became fascinated with plant breeding and explained how home gardeners could create their own varieties.

Mark Barnett contacted me about a Facebook post he saw about a Pittsburgh Heirloom tomato.
It was fun to learn he has an Etsy shop filled with rare, heirloom tomato and pepper seeds.

The '3945' tomato was discovered while crossing a battlefield during WWII

Sowing seeds for microgreens is fun and easy. In this segment for Pittsburgh Today Live with Heather Abraham and David Highfield, I demonstrate how to grow and harvest the tasty and tender greens.

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.

It was great to talk with Charlie Nardozzi, author of The Continuous Garden.