CHOOSING SWEET POTATOES
Friday, May 18 2012
Sweet potatoes, unlike regular potatoes cannot tolerate cold weather and therefore are never available until around the Mother's Day season. Sweet potatoes are easy to grow as they prefer "bad" soil, compact and dry, are just fine. Sweet potatoes... Read more...
GENE STRATTON-PORTER STATE HISTORIC SITE OFFERS WILDFLOWER WALK
Friday, May 04 2012
Enjoy beautiful wildflowers and a delicious brunch at the Gene Stratton-Porter State Historic Site on Saturday, May 5, from 10:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Take a stroll through the beautiful Wildflower Woods and adjacent Sower's Woods as site staff... Read more...
I THINK IT’S TIME - SPRING GARDENING
Friday, May 04 2012
The weather forecast is finally what we have all been waiting for. The lows are high and the highs are perfect. The recent warm/hot weather of early March was simply ridiculous. Now, even though it may be a little bit early still, the forecast is... Read more...
PRUNE AFTER FLOWERING
Friday, April 20 2012
It seems like I keep harping about the same old thing, must you need to prune your flowering shrubs just as soon as they are finished blooming. Forsythia, magnolia, azaleas and some early rhododendron have already bloomed and now is the only time of... Read more...
BOYS OF FALL BACK IN PADS
Friday, April 20 2012
After several practices in 'pro pads', the University of Saint Francis donned full pads for full contact practice recently at Bishop D'Arcy Stadium and engaged in a spirited workout for nearly two hours. Mostly sunny, dry weather prevailed for last... Read more...
ELIMINATING BROADLEAF WEEDS
Friday, April 06 2012
Most of the questions that are coming my way are about weeds growing in the yard and how to get rid of them. Pulling and digging is maybe alright for a small area but getting down to the root, literally is another matter. Most broadleaf weeds... Read more...
SEED POTATOES
Friday, March 23 2012
It is agreed that buying certified seed potatoes is best to help avoid any potato diseases or viruses that could be present in regular store-bought potatoes. These viral problems can get established in your garden soil and cause problems to re-occur... Read more...
HOME COUNTRY: GARDEN CATALOGS
Friday, March 23 2012
The garden catalogs start coming out when the snow is too deep to even find dirt. But we don't care. This is a catalog time of year, a time for making plans and figuring out how to do something even better than we did last year. There in the fishing... Read more...
SHAMROCKS (OXALIS)
Friday, March 09 2012
St. Patrick's Day is just around the corner so many of you will be looking to buy a shamrock plant, i.e. oxalis plant. Oxalis is grown from tiny bulbuls, which rapidly re-develop underground and continue to grow year after year, making it a... Read more...
HOME COUNTRY: WASHBOARD
Friday, March 09 2012
Life is kinda like a corrugated, washboard ranch road, I believe. Give anything enough time and experience and warts and scars and grooves will get worn in it. The down times and the up times, and the way they tend to alternate can lead to a... Read more...

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Waynedale Outdoors

Enjoy outdoors activities like gardening, camping, hiking and more? This section is for you! These articles contain the latest local outdoors news and entertainment from around the Waynedale (Fort Wayne), Indiana area.

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SEED POTATOES
Written by Doug Hackbarth   
Friday, March 23 2012
SEED POTATOESIt is agreed that buying certified seed potatoes is best to help avoid any potato diseases or viruses that could be present in regular store-bought potatoes. These viral problems can get established in your garden soil and cause problems to re-occur for many future years to come. Store-bought potatoes are usually treated with chemicals to keep the potato "eyes" from growing so that they last longer in your storage area. After you purchase your potatoes there is no real need to hurry and plant t ... Read more...
 
HOME COUNTRY: GARDEN CATALOGS
Written by Slim Randle   
Friday, March 23 2012
The garden catalogs start coming out when the snow is too deep to even find dirt. But we don't care. This is a catalog time of year, a time for making plans and figuring out how to do something even better than we did last year. There in the fishing catalog is that new fly-tying vise. I know I'll be able to tie flies faster and better with that, which will give me more time to cruise up and down Lewis Creek with the fly rod. Well ... at least that's the plan. And the housewares catalog has all ... Read more...
 
SHAMROCKS (OXALIS)
Written by Doug Hackbarth   
Friday, March 09 2012
SHAMROCKS (OXALIS)St. Patrick's Day is just around the corner so many of you will be looking to buy a shamrock plant, i.e. oxalis plant. Oxalis is grown from tiny bulbuls, which rapidly re-develop underground and continue to grow year after year, making it a perennial. Sometimes, if you get ahold of the wrong variety of oxalis, such as wood sorrel, you may get an invasive plant that will take over your garden and be almost impossible to kill. Try growing them in containers instead of planting them directly into t ... Read more...
 
HOME COUNTRY: WASHBOARD
Friday, March 09 2012
Life is kinda like a corrugated, washboard ranch road, I believe. Give anything enough time and experience and warts and scars and grooves will get worn in it. The down times and the up times, and the way they tend to alternate can lead to a corrugation in our dirt roads and our lives. Any good cowboy knows how to handle a washboard road, though. Taken slowly, a pickup truck hits each little dip and rattles its carburetor until it puts a kink in the distributor clamp. It takes forever to get so ... Read more...
 
MARCH NATURE EVENTS AT LITTLE RIVER WETLANDS PROJECT
Friday, March 09 2012
Little River Wetlands Project, a local nature organization protecting almost 1,200 acres of natural and restored wetlands near Fort Wayne and Huntington, offers interesting and informative nature events this March. All are free and open to the community. Wednesday, March 77:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m."Invasive Species Inspector Training, Part 1"Meet at the Aboite Library, 5630 Coventry LaneThis is an advanced training for people who want to help track invasive plant species at LRWP preserves.(Part 2 i ... Read more...
 
WARM WINTER CHORES
Written by Doug Hackbarth   
Friday, February 24 2012
WARM WINTER CHORESEver since December, I have been telling folks not to worry about the warm winter weather. It will get cold soon and all of your plants will be fine. That is still true, we will get extreme cold weather at some point but in the meanwhile, it may be necessary to go out and water your shrubs. I have some that are in pots, not in the ground and I have watered them 4 times already. Fertilizer is definitely not needed. Spraying your outside plants is always a good idea during any warmer-than-normal ... Read more...
 
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