Articles Tagged: The Iowa Gardener

Create your own herb garden to get you through a few more months.

Getting enough light for indoor plants used to be difficult and expensive, but now, thanks to the recent burst in LED technology, many of those old challenges are a thing of the past.

Like so many of the worst weeds, bindweed is allowed to gain a foothold in yards because it can be so pretty. A cousin of morning glory, bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) is often called wild morning glory.

Hollyhocks, in fact, are easy to grow. All it takes is a little know-how.

One person’s invasive plant is another’s ideal garden plant.

Here in Iowa, plant markers are a tricky thing. I’ve lived here 30 years and struggled all that time to find inexpensive, lasting, attractive markers that are easy to make - until I made my own.

One of the worst weeds in Iowa gardens is wild campanula (Campanula rapunculoides), also called creeping campanula. Unlike the various …