First Asparagus -- earlier this year

Celebrating Self-Seeders

Here are some of my favorite self-seeders.  They throw seed throughout much of the growing season and therefore add unity to a garden.  These come true -- in other words -- each plant has the same characteristics from year to year.   Some would call these heirlooms. Their seed pods have interesting shapes.  At our Master Gardener Home, Lawn and Garden Day, our 10th, I presented a session on these specific self-seeders.  Seed packets were given to everyone attending. 

Bells of Ireland

Pink Malva

Bupleurum and Blue Larkspur

Gaillardia Daisey

Moonflower

Moonflower Seed Pods

Garden Balsam

Pittsburgh Trolleys of the 1930's, 1940's, 1950's and early 60's

A Baldwin High School classmate sent me this piece about the Pittsburgh Trolleys long gone but remembered lovingly by many.  The Carrick 77/54 was a part of our lives which took us downtown from the South Hills and then we could transfer to another trolley going out to Oakland, location of the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon, then Carnegie Tech. 

 

 http://www.pittsburghtransit.info/index3.html  

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