Several years ago while working in my home office, I heard what I thought was a baby crying. Nah, I thought. Then I thought it sounded like a cat. I got up from the desk and ...
Hoosier Gardener
Went for Monet’s garden, left loving the dining room
Monet's garden at Giverny is a study of textures, form and color. (C) Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp A little over a year ago, I boarded a bus across the street from Tuileries Garden and ...
Septoria spots on garden phlox
Septoria spots on garden phlox. (C) Photo Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp A sneaky fungus disease has attacked my stand of garden phlox. The leaves went from clean one day to spotty the ...
Catching up to the season: Tomatoes, peppers planted
Proven Winners' Goodhearted tomato, bred for growing in a pot, should be on the market in 2020. Photo courtesy ProvenWinners.com Gardeners are nothing if not ...
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 ...
What to do when Japanese beetles arrive
This column ran originally July 21, 2018. Gardeners from all over have been posting on Facebook about the invasion of Japanese beetles, an insect that has been only a minor pest ...
A fungus among us
Mother Nature has hit our gardens with a double whammy: Rain and high humidity. Did I ...
Scouting gardens leads to what’s old is new again
I recently spent much of a week scouting residential gardens in the Indianapolis area for a national magazine with its editor and ...
Replace drowned plants, prune spring shrubs
If the pruners have been burning a hole in your garden glove, go ahead and trim up the lilac, forsythia, viburnum and other ...
Get the garden ready for the big event
If June has a season, it’s weddings. No matter when the wedding or other special event is scheduled for your garden, you need to ...
