Since 2013, Marion County Master Gardeners and other volunteers have designed, planted, tended and harvested the All-America Selections Display Garden on the grounds of the Indiana ...
Hardy cyclamen and a tough Bidens brighten the landscape
You know how forgetful we can be. Forget what we planted and when, for instance. Mother Nature pulls through for us, though. A few weeks ago ...
Whack ’em back or let ’em stand
When it comes to fall tasks with perennials, how and what you do is pretty much up to you. Unlike the trees and shrubs we talked about last week in this column, perennials are ...
What shrubs to cut back and what to leave upright for winter
The fall hustle has begun… rake leaves, fertilizer the lawn and plant spring bulbs, just to name a few seasonal steps. People like to prune trees and shrubs now, too, but before ...
Recent rainfall relieves drought, but concern remains
Of course, when I wrote and filed this column, it had not rained for weeks. See what good luck created? --- Not that many weeks ago, I wrote at least three columns on how ...
Trial peppers yield tasty flavors
So far, it's been a pretty good year for growing peppers. Fortunately, the breeders and hybridizers are keeping up with our desire to explore pepper flavors and forms. This ...
Free tours offer peek at some of Indy’s best landscapes, neighborhoods and public spaces
What better way to round out the touring season than peeking at some of the best landscapes Indianapolis has to offer. It's an opportunity to quell your curiosity about some of ...
The problem with cattails
Cattails add a lot of visual and architectural interest along the shores of ponds and lakes and in ditches. But sometimes they spread beyond the borders. A few people have written ...
Seeds reward us and fail us, but we don’t know until we try
This past growing season, I tried growing several vegetables from seeds. Like a lot of gardeners, some things worked great and some not so great. I sowed seeds for carrots, corn ...
It’s pickin’ time for veggies
With all the vegetables in high production mode, it's good to know some of the best ways to bring the harvest to the table. Here are a few tips on the proper way to ...