Patty Boyko 1961 – 2012
Spring came early this year to Cleveland. In fact, it has been here for weeks if the evidence of snowdrops blooming in my garden is to be believed. So I am technically late signing on and I wish I was… Read more ›
Spring came early this year to Cleveland. In fact, it has been here for weeks if the evidence of snowdrops blooming in my garden is to be believed. So I am technically late signing on and I wish I was… Read more ›
Part of Hanna’s Tomato Tastings 2011 I expect this tomato to be sweet, because why else would you name a tomato (or anything really) after a dessert if it was not sweet. I mean it would be just a cruel… Read more ›
If you find yourself wondering what to do this coming weekend, then I encourage you to stop on by the RIPE! Festval being held at the Cleveland Botanical Gardens. Lots of fresh and local food plus talks on how you… Read more ›
10 years ago, about this time, I was thinking to myself, “Who the hell is stupid enough to fly a Cessna into the Twin Towers? Those things are HUGE!†And to be fair, it was a topic of great interest… Read more ›
Part of Hanna’s Tomato Tastings 2011 Ohhh… A black tomato. I love, love, love black tomatoes and am always keen to try new ones. I have to say that this one I bought for the name. What’s not to love… Read more ›
Part of Hanna’s Tomato Tastings 2011 This is a Russian tomato, which means it should do well here because Russian tomatoes are bred to be fast growing in cold weather. I say should because in theory, Cleveland is suppose to… Read more ›
Part of Hanna’s Tomato Tastings 2011 This tomato has eluded me since 2008. Every year I have planted the seeds and every year, disease, weather or my own stupidity took away my chance to add this tomato to my formal… Read more ›
My garden has a new resident and I am tickled green (because it would be silly for a gardener to be tickled pink). A garden spider has seen fit to build her sturdy web in a patch of weeds in… Read more ›
Part of Hanna’s Tomato Tastings 2011 I don’t have too much to say initially about this one, other than to say I was not really all that impressed with how “early†it produced. Yes, it was among the first to… Read more ›
Part of Hanna’s Tomato Tastings 2011 This was not a tomato on my original tasting list. Yet, oddly enough, I have 15 of these tomato plants in my driveway. Funny story (as if anything in my life is anything but).… Read more ›