Rock gardens are versatile, vibrant, and visually pleasing. You can have a rock garden about anywhere with a bit of […]
Author: Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp
Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp award-winning garden writer, editor, and speaker. (She speaks at libraries, garden clubs, public gardens, home and garden shows, Master Gardener groups, and horticulture industry events.) Known as a hortiholic, she frequently says her eyes are too big for her yard. She blogs at hoosiergardener.com.
A Beginner’s Guide to Raised Bed Gardening
For beginners – or really about any gardener – one way to get close to the soil is to raise […]
How to Plant Grass Seed on a Slope
You love the way your landscape slopes down to the street, and you dream of the day a green lawn […]
Is Weed and Feed Bad for Your Lawn?
Talk about a loaded question. Whether weed and feed is bad or good for your lawn depends on several factors. […]
6 Ways to Improve Drainage in Your Vegetable Garden
Overnight, your vegetable garden received a long, hard rain and half of it is waterlogged this morning. Is there anything […]
Five Vegetables That Thrive in a Fall Garden
Just because it’s fall doesn’t mean the food growing season has ended. In fact, there are several leafy green vegetables […]
A Complete Guide to Planting Spring Bulbs in Fall
Did you know spring flowers like tulips and daffodils are planted in fall? In this complete guide for planting spring […]
Tips for Hiring a Landscaper
You’ve had it with your landscape. You’ve poured time and money into it but can’t achieve the oasis you desire, […]
5 Late-season Perennials for a Fall Garden
There’s more to fall color than the leaves of trees and shrubs. Hardy, late-season perennials offer blooms, fragrance and beauty […]
Using goats to clear brush from your property
Weeds 3 feet tall? Don’t want to douse your yard with poisonous weed killers? More and more people are renting […]