An informed, yet personal take on natural gardening in Indiana and other dirty topics.
Indoors Houseplants will need more water and fertilizer during summer growing period. General landscape Prune spring-flowering shrubs within a month after blooms fade. Supplement water as needed. Most newly planted stock needs an inch of water every ...
The onset of Winter 2022 delivered a holiday surprise few gardeners embrace – a quick drop in temperatures after a slow, mild fall. A lot of the damage to plants is showing itself now as we see winter kill on buds of leaves, flowers and branches. One way ...
We always think of perennials and annuals when it comes to supporting bees and other pollinators. But trees and shrubs have a role to play, too. Thanks to the good work at the Horticultural Research Institute and the University of Kentucky College of ...
It’s March, so let’s talk about mulch madness. There’s a tiny bit of controversy among some gardeners about whether to cover the soil with wood products, fueled by the thinking that chopped leaves are a more sustainable choice. For the most part, the leaves ...
Just the other day, someone on a Facebook gardening page mentioned she was hardening off her seedlings on warm, cloudy days. Another person asked what hardening off means. I answered her question, but it got me thinking about some of the words ...
