West Lafayette, Ind. — Relatively mild Indiana winters over the last several years have caused bagworm infestations to spread northward across the state, said a Purdue ...
Hoosier Gardener
Volunteers complete City Market plantings
About 15 volunteers, including several youth, completed the planting at the City Market on Thursday. ...
Lovely no muss, no fuss cornflower
A little known, but garden-worthy cornflower is in full bloom. Persian cornflower (Centaurea dealbata), with its wispy pinkish-blue petals, looks like other plants in ...
Sampler of trailers, climbers
I spoke to the Shamrock Garden Club about climbers and trailers. The group met at Sullivan Hardware and Garden. Here's a list of the plants we discussed. ...
What shrubs to prune when
Before you get too crazy with the pruning chores this spring and summer, know which shrub you are snipping and why. On June 3, I offer shrub pruning tips on Indianapolis' Fox 59. ...
Herbs root at Goose the Market
Goose the Market has planted several small herb beds around its store at 25th and Delaware streets in Indianapolis. Proprietor Chris Eley says the herbs will be ...
Tree Steward class begins June 20
The next Indiana Community Tree Steward Program will be June 20 and 27 in Indianapolis. Open to volunteers, tree board members, Master Gardeners, municipal employees, students ...
Weed makes presence known
A few days ago, I grabbed a stinging nettle for the third time in my life and was reminded why I started wearing gloves when weeding. Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) has ...
There’s nothing green about Scotts except $
I have been involved with about a half dozen Web seminars sponsored by Scotts. In each one, the insecticide, herbicide, fungicide and fertilizer company claims to have adopted ...
A Nancy Drew inspirational
Back in my youth, I read all of the Nancy Drew mysteries. I was introduced to this series of girl-detective novels by my Aunt Helen, who read them when she was a child. This ...