Thanks to the warmer than normal fall, the end-of-season landscape cleanup is still under way for a lot of us. As we traipse around, cutting back hosta or pulling tomatoes, it’s ...
Winter is for the birds
Although I leave my bird feeders up year-round, some people only put them out for winter. And like a lot of us, perhaps you’ve noticed some birds have turned up their beaks at ...
Hardy cyclamen: Trying something new
The trees have finally started to drop their leaves for fall and much of the color of the season now lays on the ground. The best tool for dealing with leaves is a mulching ...
Death to DST. Long live morning!
I'm so glad we've seen the end of Daylight Saving Time in Indiana for a few months. It's light at 7 a.m. What a concept! I guess it's really not DST and changing the clocks back ...
Persimmons predict winter and make delicious cocktails
Some of us look to woolly worms to predict the upcoming winter and some of us rely on persimmon seeds. Chris Wilhoite, co-owner of Soules Garden on Indianapolis’ ...
FFA students visit arborist and landscaper to explore career options
There’s a saying in the green industry that we need to start them young if we want horticulturists, arborists, plant breeders and growers, garden center managers, landscapers and ...
Mums for the season
A common question in garden centers this time of year is “will this mum come back next year?” As with a lot in Mother Nature, the answer is “that depends.” The mums we buy ...
Cross-striped cabbage worm makes presence known
A caterpillar I didn’t recognize decided my kale was mighty tasty. In a matter of a couple of weeks a bluish-yellow worm devoured everything but the stems and ribs of the ...
Bicentennial: Indiana’s landscape then and now
A few days ago, I dialed up the WAYBAC machine and journeyed back 200 years to 1816 Indiana. From the Frank and Katrina Basile Theater at the Indiana History Center, a group ...
The strong-stemmed Prince Tut papyrus earns its crown
King Tut Egyptian papyrus (Cyperus papyrus) was a show stopper when it was introduced several years ago, favored for its dramatic height in a large container or in the ground. It ...