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Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

May garden checklist

May 1, 2022 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

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 ...

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Plant sunflowers in your garden

April 15, 2022 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

Sunflower with petals yellow and blue, Ukraine colors.

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 ...

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April garden checklist

April 1, 2022 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

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 ...

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Spring is here and so is the Flower & Patio Show

March 6, 2022 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

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 ...

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Filed Under: Blog, Hoosier Gardener Tagged With: annuals, perennials, shrubs, Top 10 plants; Indiana gardening, vegetables

Great Backyard Bird Count this weekend

February 16, 2022 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

Finch at tube bird feeder in winter

         We've just celebrated the loved ones in our lives on Valentine's Day and now it's time for the ...

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Very Peri: Pantone Color of the Year

February 13, 2022 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

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 ...

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January garden checklist

January 1, 2022 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

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 ...

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Guilt-free orchids

December 5, 2021 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

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 ...

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December garden checklist

December 1, 2021 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

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 ...

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Out of season blooms

October 19, 2021 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

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 ...

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