I needed a new lawn mower this year and ended up with a cordless electric self-propelled mower. I decided buy an electric mower after hearing Master Gardener Laurie Proctor talk about how much pollution one mower produces.Thursday Michelle Davies captured this image of a Blue Clipper butterfly Tuesday at the Botanical Conservatory in Fort Wayne.Tuesday Rosa Salter Rodriguez has a great story in today's Journal Gazette about getting little ones involved -- and hooked -- on gardening.May 12, 2013 There might be thunderstorms in the region today, and we're hoping for a good soak.
Even if we do, the National Weather Service in northern Indiana says it won't do much to relieve the drought.
I'll be writing about xeriscaping -- gardening without wasting water -- in Sunday's edition of The Dirt.
