We’re moving into the gardening season, so let’s talk about the lawn. For a lot of people, that’s what gardening season is: Mowing the lawn, fertilizing it, watering it, worrying ...
Hoosier Gardener
Sometimes you just need to rant. And rave.
A Rant Trees are coming down all along the White River levee on Indianapolis’ north side. It’s a sad, unsettling scene. Under direction of the Army Corps of Engineers, the trees ...
Bisons aid in restoration of Kankakee Sands
A lot of Midwesterners, including many Hoosiers, think Indiana was a great prairie state. It wasn’t. Rather, about 98 percent of Indiana was hardwood forest, which gave way to ...
More than pansies for spring pots
We all love pansies and violas in spring, but did you know there are a lot more cool-season annuals and tender perennials we can use in our seasonal containers? Because most trees ...
Delicious veggies that please the eyes and palate
You know what they say, we eat with our eyes first. So, let’s talk about some foods that please our eyes and palate that are new this year. Fiesta Blend radish includes popular ...
Plant names provide lots of info
Plant tags, descriptions at online plant retailers and mail order catalogs provide a lot of information, but sometimes it needs to be translated. A lot of times, clues to the ...
Long-blooming temperennials…not at all temperamental
A new term gardeners may hear periodically is temperennial. No, it’s not describing temperamental plants, but rather, perennials that are temporary. Technically, the plants are ...
New edibles to try
Please don’t make me leave Indiana, but as a gardener I’ve only grown sweet corn once. It was a bust. The plants took up a huge amount of space in my small garden and none of the ...
That warm weather tease and its threat to plants
A lot of gardeners are going to be worried about their plants as we come through a week of 60 F days. The warmth will encourage daffodils and other spring bulbs to emerge from the ...
Ideas to reimagine your garden
One of the reasons I go to garden-related seminars is to learn something. During “The Garden Reimagined,” a recent horticulture symposium at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, I got a ...