Crabgrass is sprouting all over the lawn. And, it’s probably worse this year than in years past, even though you applied a pre-emergent herbicide this spring to keep the weed from ...
Indy’s City Gardener program provides answers for new, inexperienced gardeners
If you are a new or inexperienced gardener or a first-time homebuyer and have questions about what to do when in the landscape, the City Gardener program offered by the Marion ...
Hendricks County Master Gardeners present Adventures in Gardening
Hendricks County Master Gardener, Adventures in Gardening, features Irvin Etienne, Indianapolis Museum of Art as the keynote on growing vegetables in the flower garden. Other ...
Get more perennials at Hendricks County plant exchange
Hendricks County Master Gardeners, Perennial Plant Exchange, with planting tips from Colletta Kosiba. Bring four to six identified plants to the Plainfield Library, 1120 Strafford ...
Prep the Indiana garden for winter
Hendricks County Master Gardeners, Putting Your Garden to Bed for the Winter, by Colletta Kosiba. Learn about clean up, adding soil nutrients and more fall chores. Brownsburg ...
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day August 2010
I’m tired and hot from another 90+ degree-day in the garden center. Oh, wait. I wrote that last month! No change in the weather, only intensified heat. Three days of excessive ...
Victory Gardener Jim Wilson dies in Missouri
Jim Wilson, one of my favorite gardeners, educators and communicators died in his sleep at age 85 on Aug. 1 at his home in Columbia, Mo. One of the early hosts of PBS’ The ...
Indiana firefly brightens U-Haul trucks
From Tom Turpin, Purdue University West Lafayette, Ind. — In size, it’s certainly not your average firefly. But like real fireflies, its 5-foot-tall image on the side of U-Haul ...
Herbaceous cuttings quick, easy way to get new plants
One of the easiest and fastest ways to get new plants is from herbaceous cuttings. The Hoosier Gardener demonstrateshow to make these cuttings and pot them up Aug. 11, 2010 on the ...
2011 gardening trend: purposeful
Predicting gardening trends is anything but daunting for Suzi McCoy, founder of Garden Media Group, a marketing and public relations company in Kennett Square, Pa. For the past ...