My philosophy is to always try new plants every year and this year, it will be vegetables. A few of these have been available for a few years, but they will be new to ...
Forget shamrocks and celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with oxalis
We may call those clover-like plants we buy around St. Patrick’s Day shamrocks, but they aren’t. They are oxalis. St. Patrick used the three-leafed shamrock to illustrate the ...
Under used or little known native perennials for the garden
Not too long ago, I put together a program about native plants. On the list, of course, were coneflower, black-eyed Susan and aster, common plants we all recognize as native ...
Amy Mullen is a hybrid of urban gardener and steampunker
Last weekend, urban gardener Amy Mullen traded her jeans for a corset and gown at the Indianapolis Steampunk Society’s Steampunk Through the Looking Glass at the Columbia ...
Living landscape: more than plants are alive
When you see or hear the words “living landscape,” what do you think? That all the plants are alive? But the term is much broader than just plants, although flora plays a key ...
A fond farewell to Organic Gardening magazine
The last issue of Organic Gardening is on the shelves now. Rodale, the name synonymous with all-things organic, will relaunch Organic Gardening as Organic Living with a May-June ...
Plants to support bees in spring, summer and fall
If you are worried about the decline of bees in your landscape, there are some things you can do to encourage their presence – plant flowers. There are a lot, but here are six of ...
Flowers on the menu = Tasty ingredient
As restaurants embrace farm-to-table fare, gardeners need to celebrate their own backyard bounty. We already know about tomatoes, peppers, squash, beans and lettuces, but there ...
Evergreen perennials for the Midwest garden
Say evergreens and most people think pine, spruce or arborvitae. But several perennials fall into this category, including a couple of grass-like plants. Sedge Sure, sedge ...
Heirloom or hybrid?
If you’ve been perusing the mail order garden catalogs or online websites, you may have come across some confusing or unfamiliar terms. Take heirloom, for instance. An heirloom ...
