Articles Tagged: Gardening in Iowa

In the corner of the Marion City Hall parking lot, Peg Heald often tends to a garden that provides 600 pounds of produce to local food pantries a year.

The best reason to use fewer chemicals is because it’s the smart thing to do for our health and the health of the planet.

No matter what type of hedge you have, it likely will benefit from at least one pruning a year. Pruning helps keep hedges tidy-looking, thicker and can help control size.

Compost and wood chips are now available in Iowa City and Cedar Rapids, though demand is high in the spring and summer seasons.

Most trees and shrubs don’t have leaves, so you can more easily see their structure. And since pruning stimulates new growth, you’ll be giving them a boost going into their spring growth spurt.

There is a myth that some people possess a green thumb and some people don’t. The reality, of course, is very different. People who have success with plants usually possess just one key characteristic: They care.

A list of what to plant and when in Eastern Iowa.

A dark winter evening, in the middle of a pandemic, is an excellent time to curl up with a garden book and dream of spring. Here are some of my favorites, with an eye to Midwestern and Iowa gardens.

This winter, as we browse online or flip through catalogs to decide what we’ll plant this spring, is the perfect time to find a downsized apple tree just right for your landscape to plant come spring.

Make an easy peace wreath by using evergreen twigs from your own yard.

A number of our favorite houseplants are mildly to severely toxic to cats and dogs, so it’s smart to educate yourself and prevent if not a tragedy, a sick animal in pain.

The first frost is here so now is the time to act to save some of your favorite plants to enjoy indoors through the winter.

Dan Fillius, Iowa State University (ISU) Extension and Outreach Field Specialist, be sharing his expertise on organic garden-scale food production. RSVPs are preferred for this event.

There’s an old saying that beautiful lawns are made in the fall, and unlike some old sayings, this one is actually true.

Daylily leaf streak is caused by the fungus Aureobasidium microstictum. Symptoms start with yellow or reddish streaks on the leaves, usually starting at the tip and then work downward. Eventually, the infected leaves wither and die completely.