If you’ve been lusting after your neighbor’s luscious red tomatoes, make this the year you’ll grow your own. In this […]
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.
How Houseplants Can Purify the Air
Houseplants root themselves in our lives because they bloom, brighten the scene, make us feel better and maybe even help […]
A Guide To Growing Herbs Indoors
Grow basil an arm’s length from where you make your pizzas, or let chives thrive inside your home. How to […]
A Guide to Container Gardening
Container gardening solves the problem of no garden space or limited full sun in your landscape. It’s also the answer […]
6 Tips for Fall Lawn Care in Chicago
Fall lawn care in Chicago includes leaf removal, lawn fertilization, aeration, weed control, overseeding, and the last mow of the season.
7 Spring Lawn Care Tips for Chicago
Your Chicago spring lawn care checklist includes yard cleanup, reseeding, and fertilization ahead of your first mow around May 1.
4 Best Grass Types for Lawns in Chicago
Chicago is known for diversity in its food, people, neighborhoods, attractions, and even its grasses. There are numerous cool-season types […]
Summer Lawn Care Checklist for Chicago
Summer lawn care in Chicago means first and foremost watering your grass, but you also need to be on guard for summer pests and lawn diseases.