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Transplant a peony in five easy steps
Peony is the State Flower of Indiana, and if you want more of them or you need to move the perennial, now is the time. I need to move several of these, mainly because nearby plants ...
September Garden Checklist
Indoors Dig and repot herbs growing outdoors, or take cuttings to pot up and grow indoors. Bring houseplants that spent the summer outdoors back indoors before night ...
August garden checklist
Indoors Take cuttings from plants such as impatiens, coleus, geraniums and wax begonias to winter over indoors. These are called herbaceous cuttings. Root the cuttings in media ...
When in drought, set priorities for watering the Indiana garden and landscape
This article ran a few years ago, but the info is still good. It helps you decide priorities when it comes to caring for plants in the landscape. -- jems Whew! It’s hot. Most of ...
Three easy steps for hand watering plants
We hear all the time that plants need an 1 inch of rain every week for their overall health and to produce vegetables and flowers. But how much is that when hand watering? Three ...
What is blossom end rot and what to do
As the first tomatoes of the season ripen, a lot of gardeners find a dark, leathery spot on the fruit. The condition is called blossem end rot, aka BER, and it can also occur on ...
July garden checklist
Indoors Keep an eye on houseplants that have been set outdoors to make sure they are watered properly. Hot summer breezes can quickly dry them out. Propagate houseplants ...
June garden checklist
Indoors Houseplants will need more water and fertilizer during summer growing period. General landscape Prune spring-flowering shrubs within a month after blooms fade. ...
Kitchen Minis: Tomatoes, peppers on the kitchen counter
Talk about garden to table No Garden? No Problem. Buy. Eat. Repeat. Those are the taglines for some of the cutest plants I’ve seen in a while. Last summer at Ball Horticulture’s ...
May garden checklist
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 ...
