An informed, yet personal take on natural gardening in Indiana and other dirty topics.
As long as the ground isn’t frozen you can still plant bulbs. Garlic bulbs. These aromatic bulbs grow and fatten up through winter for harvest next summer. Planting garlic in fall allows for the roots to develop without spending energy on top growth. The ...
Indoors Houseplant growth will slow so apply less fertilizer and water. Move plants closer to windows or to sunnier exposures if plants are dropping leaves. Pot up spring-flowering bulbs with tips exposed to force blooms indoors. Moisten soil and ...
Beautyberry is an underused. deciduous shrub whose good looks enhance the fall landscape. Some of the elements of fall color come in the shape of berries, which dot several plants in the late season landscape. Dogwood, holly, chokeberry and beautyberry are ...
Indoors Keep poinsettia in dark for 15 hours a day for eight to 10 weeks until red bracts begin to show. Houseplants may drop leaves, especially if they spent the summer outdoors. This a natural reaction to reduced light. Water indoor plants less ...
Pretty much anywhere you ride or drive along Indiana’s country roads this time of year, you’ll see tall bluish-purple flowers of ironweed. You can’t miss the color. In preparation for this article, I researched the book and movie Ironweed to see ...
