Activities & DIY Projects
Doug’s favorite bulbs
Here are some of my favorite bulbs to plant.
Backyard composting classes, rain barrel workshops and more from PRC
The Pennsylvania Resources Council can teach you how to compost, use rain barrels and recycle. This ...
Virtual Tomato and Garlic Days runs from 8/24-8/27 benefits food bank
Tomato and Garlic Days at Phipps supports the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank
Summer Organic Gardening Webinar series
Free garden classes for gardeners on Medicare or receiving SNAP or WIC benefits.
Succession planting with Pitt Moss in your Victory Garden
Succession planting is a great way to have a wonderful garden.
Planting tomatoes for early and healthy harvest from PTL
Harvest the first tomato of the season and keep those plants looking good.
In Doug’s Garden: Making more tomato plants
You can make more tomato plants by taking cuttings, it's easy!
Garden Tips
Extending the garden season in the Victory Garden
Don't stop gardening! Plant now for a great winter harvest.
What to do with all those green tomatoes
Don't pitch those green tomatoes, store them this way and enjoy them into winter.
Saving seeds is simple, but here’s what you need to know
There are lots of plants that are easy to collect seeds from.
Debut of new video series “You Should Grow This.”
Debut of "You Should Grow This." Plants that thrive where they shouldn't.
Slugs emerge during wet weather, here are organic controls.
There are many organic controls for slugs
Splitting tomatoes after the rain and a weird looking cuke and new fav bean
Splitting tomatoes are common after a rain.
Ask Doug: Don’t kill this hornworm, crape myrtle hardiness and when to move iris
Learn why this tomato hornworm should never be killed
In Doug’s Garden: Making more lilies (hopefully)
Planting little bulbs found on a lily plants might lead to many, many more lilies.
Ask Doug: Serviceberry problems, perennial hibiscus and are tomatoes edible after groundhog damage?
Marlene-Hi Doug. My 'Shadblow' serviceberry is inundated with small black seed looking creatures under ...
Poison ivy control tip from gardener is safe and inexpensive
This is a great way to garden and stay safe from poison ivy.
China seeds and Christmas in July on PTL
Here's what to do if you get a strange seed packet in the mail and celebrate Christmas in July with ...
Watering the garden the right way from PTL
There's a right way to water the garden to keep plants thriving and healthy.
How to foil blossom end rot on tomatoes
Here's how to stop blossom end rot on tomatoes.
The “other” radish harvest provides a taste of spring
Did you know radishes produce something else edible besides the root?
Making Garlic Scape Pesto on Pittsburgh Today Live
Garlic scape pesto is my favorite way to use the seed heads in a recipe.
Making more tomatoes and succession planting with Pitt Moss.
Here's a great trick to make more tomato plants from the garden.
Container planting 101 for flowers and veggies as seen on PTL
Here's a great formula for planting containers in the veggie and flower garden.
Planting a container with Pitt Moss
Planting a big container with Pitt Moss!
In Doug’s Garden: Bargain hanging basket fun!
It's so much fun to save money! It's bargain hunting time.
Succession planting with Pitt Moss in your Victory Garden
Succession planting is a great way to have a wonderful garden.
ShrubBucket offers unique plants in a new way (with discount code)
ShrubBucket ships interesting plants right to your garden.
In Doug’s Garden: The I can’t throw anything away show
Growing up with two parents who lived through the Great Depression has made me just a touch frugal, ...
Planting tomatoes for early and healthy harvest from PTL
Harvest the first tomato of the season and keep those plants looking good.
Advice for Japanese maples after the freeze from Davey Tree
Here are tips to deal with a Japanese maple after a freeze.
In Doug’s Garden: Making more tomato plants
You can make more tomato plants by taking cuttings, it's easy!
Plant a Victory Garden with Pitt Moss
Plant your own Victory Garden with Pitt Moss!
Stories From the Garden
You Should Grow This: Japanese pieris
You Should Grow This: Japanese pieris.
You Should Grow This: ‘Big Duck’ marigolds
You Should Grow This: 'Big Duck' marigold. It blooms just about anywhere!
You Should Grow This: ‘Amistad’ salvia w/hummingbird footage
'Amistad' salvia is a treasured gift from a wonderful group of gardeners. You should grow this!
The Great Garlic Giveaway
Follow me as I deliver garlic for planting to a wide range of garlic fanatics!
Guest Post: Losing an old friend growing in the front yard
One gardener reflects on the loss of an old friend, which graced the front yard for 15 years.
Had enough? Ready to throw in the towel? Keep gardening!
Gardening is easy when it's easy and hard when it's hard. Don't stop!
Giant tithonia, deadheading, fertilizing containers and more
Check out this giant Mexican sunflower and learn how to fertilize containers to make them thrive.
The story of the 3945 tomato found on WWII battlefield
The '3945' tomato was discovered while crossing a battlefield during WWII
Thursday 7pm webinar about my trip to Croatia in 2021
I'll be hosting a webinar on Thursday at 7 p.m. about the trip I'm taking gardeners on to Croatia in ...
Joe Hamm’s Daffodil Hortus bulb sale
Below is an email from Joe Hamm who runs an amazing place called Joe Hamm's Daffodil Hortus in Washington ...
Poison ivy control tip from gardener is safe and inexpensive
This is a great way to garden and stay safe from poison ivy.
Watering the garden the right way from PTL
There's a right way to water the garden to keep plants thriving and healthy.
Making Garlic Scape Pesto on Pittsburgh Today Live
Garlic scape pesto is my favorite way to use the seed heads in a recipe.
Tour the Pittsburgh Botanic Garden as seen on PTL
The Pittsburgh Botanic Garden has reopened. Come on a tour with me.
Container planting 101 for flowers and veggies as seen on PTL
Here's a great formula for planting containers in the veggie and flower garden.
Planting a container with Pitt Moss
Planting a big container with Pitt Moss!
In Doug’s Garden: Bargain hanging basket fun!
It's so much fun to save money! It's bargain hunting time.
Phipps to reopen as seen on PTL
Phipps is reopening!
All of Doug’s Columns for The Green Voice
How to plant garlic and get five harvests.
Join Doug on a trip to Croatia on a private yacht July 2021
We're going to have fun exploring Croatia next summer.
Donate extra vegetable seedlings to Pittsburgh Community Food Bank
You can help the hungry by donating your extra vegetable seedlings.
Succession planting with Pitt Moss in your Victory Garden
Succession planting is a great way to have a wonderful garden.
ShrubBucket offers unique plants in a new way (with discount code)
ShrubBucket ships interesting plants right to your garden.
In Doug’s Garden: The I can’t throw anything away show
Growing up with two parents who lived through the Great Depression has made me just a touch frugal, ...
Planting tomatoes for early and healthy harvest from PTL
Harvest the first tomato of the season and keep those plants looking good.
Advice for Japanese maples after the freeze from Davey Tree
Here are tips to deal with a Japanese maple after a freeze.
In Doug’s Garden: Making more tomato plants
You can make more tomato plants by taking cuttings, it's easy!
Garden clubs donate seeds to food bank and others in need
Garden clubs donate nearly 4000 packets of seeds.
