The shade-loving variegated Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum odoratum) ‘Variegatum’ gets the latest nod from the 2013 Perennial Plant Association, a trade group of educators, plant ...
Step-by-step creation of an outdoor winter container
Whether you buy greenery at the garden center or snip it from the landscape, it’s easy to create a winter container that’s perfect for outdoor holiday decoration. As a bonus, ...
Another look at fall color
On a recent early morning walk, I became enthralled with the beauty of fall color. But this was not the reds, golds and purples of the season. Instead, a light frost glistened ...
Fingerling harvest yields handful of potatoes
For the second year in a row, I’ve grown potatoes in two resin cloth planters that I purchased at a local garden center. Potatoes are like sponges, soaking up whatever chemicals ...
Indiana Author Fair Dec. 1, 2012 at Indiana History Center
I'm so pleased to be a part of the Indiana Author Fair, noon to 4 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012 at the Indiana History Center. For the first time, I will be among 80 authors there ...
No hanging chads this election cycle
Published originally in December 2000, this column was inspired by the hanging chads of Florida. Who’d have thought! A chad has been foraging the birdfeeders. Rather than ...
You Can Grow That! November 2012: Asters and Goldenrods
Mother Nature shows off her best decorating skills this time of year. Strewn along the roadways are asters (Symphyotrichum) and goldenrods (Solidago), native perennials in North ...
Dig in now (or not) for new garden beds next spring
One of the best things to do in fall and early winter is to make new garden beds. The bed can be dug now, then piled high with organic matter. The additives decompose all ...
Just what are those daffodils with their leaves already above ground?
We know this past summer has been a challenge, but was it enough to lure spring bulbs out of the ground in fall? That’s the question from reader L.C. in Carmel, Ind. She said ...
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day, October 2012
I know I’m late filing this Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day report, but I’ve been in the desert and didn’t plan far enough ahead to post this on Oct. 15. Now that I’m back home again ...