For many of us, the leaves of fall are a daunting task, but we know allowing them to pile up smothers the grass. The task is particularly onerous when the leaves are plentiful and ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Plant sunflowers in your garden
Why grow sunflowers As we mourn what’s happening in Ukraine, we can honor its struggle against Russian invaders by growing sunflowers. Ukraine had the highest production volume ...
Spring is here and so is the Flower & Patio Show
I'm looking forward to seeing many of you and maybe some new faces at the Indiana Flower & Patio Show, March 12-20, 2022 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. I'm speaking at 1 and ...
Great Backyard Bird Count this weekend
We've just celebrated the loved ones in our lives on Valentine's Day and now it's time for the ...
Very Peri: Pantone Color of the Year
I looked up peri to see what it means. We're familiar with periscope, where peri translates to about, around, surrounding, or enclosing. Sometimes, peri is a prefix, which means ...