It’s been spring at the speed of light. Just like magical gardens, lots of plants are blooming at the same time, rather than staggering their show over several weeks. Don’t ...
Archives for April 2017
Science is a big part of a well-maintained lawn
We’re moving into the gardening season, so let’s talk about the lawn. For a lot of people, that’s what gardening season is: Mowing the lawn, fertilizing it, watering it, worrying ...
Sometimes you just need to rant. And rave.
A Rant Trees are coming down all along the White River levee on Indianapolis’ north side. It’s a sad, unsettling scene. Under direction of the Army Corps of Engineers, the trees ...
Bisons aid in restoration of Kankakee Sands
A lot of Midwesterners, including many Hoosiers, think Indiana was a great prairie state. It wasn’t. Rather, about 98 percent of Indiana was hardwood forest, which gave way to ...
More than pansies for spring pots
We all love pansies and violas in spring, but did you know there are a lot more cool-season annuals and tender perennials we can use in our seasonal containers? Because most trees ...