For the last few weeks, I've enjoyed taking my dog, Bisque, for a walk in the morning before I go to work. With the state's insistence that we follow Daylight Saving Time, the ...
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Volunteers needed for City Market planting
Volunteers are needed to celebrate the first day of spring by planting Snapshot snapdragons in the 25 containers at the Indianapolis City Market on Saturday, March 20, 2010. We ...
Changes in store for the Hoosier Gardener
After more than three years as editor of the start-up magazine Indiana Living Green, I've decided to resign to work for Sullivan Hardware & Garden, where I'm manager of ...
Balloon flowers elevate perennial beds
Gardeners are always on the hunt for unusual, easy to care for perennials, especially if they bloom from mid-summer into fall. To help us in our quest comes Plant Evaluation ...
Green Scene at the Indianapolis City Market
We had a great turnout at Indiana Living Green's Green Scene at the Indianapolis City Market March 6. There were about 50 people in each of the vegetable gardening seminars and ...
Sampler of easy-to-grow annuals from seed
A fun, easy and inexpensive way to try new plants is to grow them from seed. Annuals, in particular, are almost always worth a try. Annuals go from seed to flower to seed to ...
HortusScope posted for March 2010
What’s Up in the Central Indiana Gardening Community HortusScope, an e-bulletin for the Central Indiana gardening community, is published the first of every month as a public ...
Oxalis is a great plant for containers in the summer garden
When it comes to St. Patrick’s Day, shamrocks are rooted in tradition. However, what we call the shamrock in the U.S. is not the same as the shamrock of Ireland. Here, ...
Oxalis takes on role of shamrocks in U.S.
In the March 2010 issue of Angie's List magazine, the Hoosier Gardener explores the tradition of shamrocks and offers tips for growing these lovely plants in pots in our garden. ...
Survey says more will grow their own food again this year
At least 38.6 percent of Midwesterners who had a food garden last year plan to grow more edibles in 2010. Only 0.3 percent anticipates growing less food. Thirty-five percent said ...
