An informed, yet personal take on natural gardening in Indiana and other dirty topics.
Several years ago while working in my home office, I heard what I thought was a baby crying. Nah, I thought. Then I thought it sounded like a cat. I got up from the desk and wandered to the back yard to see what I could see. Nothing. Just heard it. Eventually ...
Monet's garden at Giverny is a study of textures, form and color. (C) Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp A little over a year ago, I boarded a bus across the street from Tuileries Garden and the Louvre in Paris. I was off on a half-day tour to Monet’s garden and home in ...
Septoria spots on garden phlox. (C) Photo Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp A sneaky fungus disease has attacked my stand of garden phlox. The leaves went from clean one day to spotty the next. This is the first time septoria has shown up on the garden phlox (P. ...
Proven Winners' Goodhearted tomato, bred for growing in a pot, should be on the market in 2020. Photo courtesy ProvenWinners.com Gardeners are nothing if not optimistic. Optimism was the driving factor to my spending the last few days of June ...
Indoors Keep an eye on houseplants that have been set outdoors to make sure they are watered properly. Hot summer breezes can quickly dry them out. Propagate houseplants by taking cuttings from vigorously growing plants. Root in moistened growing ...
