This post ran originally Sept. 20, 2008. Marion Jackson, whose book was the basis of the series, passed away Feb. 7, 2019. After a year on hiatus, the Natural Heritage of ...
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Tiny screech owl makes presence known
A familiar voice returned to my landscape a couple of weeks ago after nearly a decade away. It's a voice that I first heard here nearly 20 years ago. The vocal Eastern ...
Indiana’s Natural Heritage series returns to public television
After a year on hiatus, the Natural Heritage of Indiana returns to the small screen on Sept. 21, with the first of a four-part series on WFYI-TV, Channel 20. The first ...
Nation’s first quilt garden tour abloom in Elkhart County
With gas at a premium, chances are we’ll stick closer to home for our vacation adventures this year. Gardeners and quilters only have to travel to Elkhart County for a ...
Betony worthy of spot in sunny garden
A couple of weeks ago, a colleague asked me to help identify a perennial in her garden. It had square stems, low-growing leaves and several 12-inch stalks topped with dense, ...
Old-fashion geraniums earn high marks
Sometimes I think we’re plant snobs. Geraniums (Pelargonium) seem to be at the bottom of the wish list for many gardeners because, well, they are geraniums — ordinary, old ...
