Indoors Move houseplants to a shady location outdoors when danger of frost has past, usually mid-May. The soil in the pots will dry out faster outdoors, so check it ...
Plant sunflowers in your garden
Why grow sunflowers As we mourn what’s happening in Ukraine, we can honor its struggle against Russian invaders by growing sunflowers. Ukraine had the highest production volume ...
April garden checklist
Indoors Prune, repot and clean houseplants, as needed.Fertilize houseplants as new growth appears. Follow label directions.If not done already, sketch garden plans, including ...
Spring is here and so is the Flower & Patio Show
I'm looking forward to seeing many of you and maybe some new faces at the Indiana Flower & Patio Show, March 12-20, 2022 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. I'm speaking at 1 and ...
Great Backyard Bird Count this weekend
We've just celebrated the loved ones in our lives on Valentine's Day and now it's time for the ...
Very Peri: Pantone Color of the Year
I looked up peri to see what it means. We're familiar with periscope, where peri translates to about, around, surrounding, or enclosing. Sometimes, peri is a prefix, which means ...
January garden checklist
Indoors Repot house plants as they out grow current pots. Pot amaryllis bulb. Sketch garden plans, including what to grow, spacing, arrangement and number of plants ...
Guilt-free orchids
Orchids used to be very expensive and certainly not readily available at grocery stores or garden centers. Today, blooming orchids are a commodity and they can be found about ...
December garden checklist
Holidays When shopping for a fresh-cut Christmas tree, check for green, flexible, firmly held needles and a sticky trunk base -- both indicators of freshness. Make a fresh cut ...
Out of season blooms
Several people have commented about forsythia and magnolias and other spring or early summer flowering trees and shrubs blooming this fall. Even as I write this, there are patches ...
