The Hoosier Gardener talks about fall-planted mums Sept. 8 on Indianapolis' Fox 59, and offers tips to help the plants through winter. Here are some tips: Get these ...
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Indiana’s dry weather has left cracked, parched soil and crispy plants
Indianapolis has just broken a 113-year-old record for the least amount of rainfall in August. Not since 1897 has it been so dry. Back then, .42 inches of rain fell. This year, the ...
HortusScope posted for September 2010
HortusScope, a checklist of garden and nature related things to do in Central Indiana has been posted. This calendar is compiled by Wendy Ford of Landscape Fancies as a pubic ...
High heat stresses your bulbs, too
From Scott Kunst, Old House Gardens Friends of Old Bulbs Gazette High heat has plagued much of the country this summer. Some bulbs like it, but others suffer. Dahlias, ...
Indiana lawns have a bumper crop of crabgrass
Crabgrass is sprouting all over the lawn. And, it’s probably worse this year than in years past, even though you applied a pre-emergent herbicide this spring to keep the weed from ...
Indy’s City Gardener program provides answers for new, inexperienced gardeners
If you are a new or inexperienced gardener or a first-time homebuyer and have questions about what to do when in the landscape, the City Gardener program offered by the Marion ...
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day August 2010
I’m tired and hot from another 90+ degree-day in the garden center. Oh, wait. I wrote that last month! No change in the weather, only intensified heat. Three days of excessive ...
Victory Gardener Jim Wilson dies in Missouri
Jim Wilson, one of my favorite gardeners, educators and communicators died in his sleep at age 85 on Aug. 1 at his home in Columbia, Mo. One of the early hosts of PBS’ The ...
Indiana firefly brightens U-Haul trucks
From Tom Turpin, Purdue University West Lafayette, Ind. — In size, it’s certainly not your average firefly. But like real fireflies, its 5-foot-tall image on the side of U-Haul ...
Herbaceous cuttings quick, easy way to get new plants
One of the easiest and fastest ways to get new plants is from herbaceous cuttings. The Hoosier Gardener demonstrateshow to make these cuttings and pot them up Aug. 11, 2010 on the ...