It may be tempting to knock the ice and snow off of trees and shrubs, but resist. It's ill-advised to try and break the ice or shake the snow from the limb, an action that might ...
Tune up tools, equipment for upcoming garden season
In the February issue of Angie's List magazine, the Hoosier Gardener offers tips on getting your garden tools tuned up for the season. ...
HortusScope posted for February 2010
What’s Up in the Central Indiana Gardening Community HortusScope, an e-bulletin for the Central Indiana gardening community, is published the first of every month as a public ...
Getting started in the Indiana garden
In the February 2010 issue of Angie's List magazine, the Hoosier Gardener offers tips on starting a vegetable garden, including what vegetables to plant and how. Here's an ...
Great Backyard Bird Count Feb. 12-15, 2010
You don’t have to be a gardener very long before you notice other inhabitants of the landscape. Last year this time, robins filled my yard, but this year nary a one. No robins, ...
Deicers can damage plants, concrete
Ice melts or deicers make the sidewalk, driveway and porch step safe in bad weather, but some may be deadly to landscape plants. Some also may damage concrete. Five chemicals ...
‘Spirit’ adds reliable pink hydrangea to the Midwestern garden
This spring, look for a lovely new pink hydrangea with an Invincibelle ‘Spirit’ in garden centers, online retailers and mail order catalogs. It is the same species as the ...
Plants, seeds of All-America Selections winners to be immediately available
All-America Selections has changed its introduction schedule of new plants for gardeners. Effective this year, the flowers and vegetables declared AAS Winners will be available ...
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day January 2010
My garden bloggers’ bloom day has a tropical flare this January. In the house, a orangy begonia is about to bloom and the forced spring bulbs have poked a few leaves through the ...
Tree Luggers pick up Christmas trees for recycling at Indy Parks
Tree Luggers, a charitable initiative of the Governor Bob Orr Indiana Entrepreneurial Fellowship, offers a pretty cool service for those of us who are too busy or otherwise ...
