Articles Tagged: Gardening in Iowa

Traditional garden tools – spades, rakes, shears, watering cans – are essential. But one of the most powerful gardening tools …

It’s deepest, darkest Iowa winter – in the middle of a pandemic, to boot. What could be more cheering than …

If between the pandemic and the Iowa winter you’re going a little stir-crazy, here’s a bit of garden therapy to …

Is there anything more cheering on a snowy January day than browsing through seed catalogs or doing a little online …

It’s winter in Iowa and that means snow – and sometimes lots of it. Gardeners sometimes worry that snow is …

Black walnut trees have high levels of the toxin juglone, in all parts of the tree, including roots and leaves. …

Fall is the time to put our gardens to bed. Time spent now to clean up your yard saves you …

Forget about that early snow. It’s not winter, at least not yet. And your yard needs you go get out …

After deciding what trees and shrubs you want to replace, consider pollinator plants for those ‘suddenly sunny” spots. Here are …

A  towering hydrangea nearly a dozen years old stands tall at the corner of Janis and Rip Russell’s front porch; …

The day after the Aug. 10 derecho, Gina Reynolds, manager of Fleming Nursery in Cedar Rapids, began fielding calls about …

This time of year, while most plants in my garden are starting to look tired and ragged, one is a …

The Cedar Rapids area lost all kinds of trees in the Aug. 10 derecho, but for now, lets focus on …

Caleb and Jayne Ryder bought their current home with gardening in mind. They used to drive around as young adults …

When the debris is removed from your property, the damage to the remaining trees and shrubs becomes clear. The Aug. …