An informed, yet personal take on natural gardening in Indiana and other dirty topics.
Asian honeysuckle fruit and flower. In honor of our resolution to remove an invasive plant species from your landscape, we’ll talk about Asian bush honeysuckle. Planted as an ornamental shrub since the early 1800s, bush honeysuckles have been around long ...
Indoors Repot house plants as they out grow current pots. Pot amaryllis bulb. Sketch garden plans, including what to grow, spacing, arrangement and number of plants needed. Order seeds and plants as early as possible for best selection from ...
Late fall’s freezing temperatures disrupted my planting customers’ containers for winter. All total, there were 21 containers that were frozen. One was able to move the container indoors for a couple of days, which allowed it to thaw. What alternative do ...
One of the first trees I planted when I moved here was a seedling of green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica), given to me by my friend Linda. The native tree has served me well, growing quickly to create shade on the west side of my house. After the emerald ash ...
Holidays When shopping for a fresh-cut Christmas tree, check for green, flexible, firmly held needles and a sticky trunk base -- both indicators of freshness. Make a fresh cut and keep the cut end under water at all times. Evergreens can be trimmed ...
