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Stokes to focus on commercial sales
Stokes Seeds, with operations in Holland, Michigan, and Thorold, Ontario, Canada, has switched its business to commercial pricing only. Stokes Seeds, founded in 1881, no ...
Plant of the month: American beech
One of the showiest plants in winter is American beech (Fagus grandifolia). Those are the trees with coppery leaves that catch the light in the dead of winter as you drive along ...
January garden checklist
Indoors Repot house plants as they out grow current pots. Pot amaryllis bulb. Sketch garden plans, including what to grow, spacing, arrangement and number of plants ...
Plant of the Month: Juniper
In keeping with the holiday season, let’s look at juniper (Juniperus communis) for all its benefits. Most of us grow this common juniper as a landscape plant. We enjoy its habit, ...
What to know about Indiana’s updated plant hardiness zones
Big news for the gardening community. The U.S. Department of Agriculture released a new USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map and if you didn’t already suspect, Indiana got ...
How to make a new garden bed
If you want to expand a garden bed or add a new one, dig in now. The soil is usually easier to work in the fall and fall-prepared beds allow for earlier planting in spring. Work in ...
Why are veggies slow to ripen this year?
Like a lot of you, my tomatoes and peppers are slow to ripen this year. The cause? Smoke from wildfires. The atmosphere may not look smoky, but the UV blocking layer is several ...
What’s that white stuff on my plants?
Let’s talk about garden phlox (P. paniculata), toadlily (Tricyrtis spp.), hardy mums (Chrysanthemum spp.), and bee balm (Monarda spp.) What do these perennials have in common this ...
Is that plant real or is it AI?
When I look at images (formerly known as photos) on social media, I wonder if what I’m seeing are the real things or are they artificial intelligence, or AI as it’s referred to ...
