The annual carpet of dead leaves can be an important component in gardens. They can serve as root-protecting and ...

For many urban gardeners, a black walnut is not a friendly tree. Though black walnut is valued for its fine quality timber, it has a detrimental property that inhibits many plant species from growing ...

News Leader reader Sue writes with the following dilemma: “I have always heard you need to be careful planting around black walnut trees as they leach out toxins or something like that into the soil ...

Gardeners are about ready to call it a year. With Thanksgiving almost here, most gardeners are focusing on making sure their gardens are prepared for winter. About 80 percent of my vegetable garden is ...

Q: We have a butterfly and bee garden in our yard with varieties of Echinacea and Rudbeckia. This fall I noticed several of the seed heads had odd-looking growths. I removed the seed heads from all ...

For many urban gardeners, black walnut is a not-friendly tree. Though black walnut is valued for its fine quality timber, they have a detrimental property that inhibits many plant species from growing ...

The full publication is available for download for $7 in the Purdue Extension Education Store. The field guide helps identify common Indiana woodlot trees. Each week, the Intro to Trees of Indiana web ...

Many Midwestern yards are adorned by black walnut trees. The black walnut (Juglans nigra) is a large, handsome native tree that bears edible nuts. There’s just one problem with black walnuts: They’re ...

A couple of years ago the caretaker of a nearby church stopped and asked why I had “all those sumacs” in my yard. I’m not opposed to sumacs. I harvest quite a bit of it. I use the leaves, the fruit, ...

This year has produced a bumper crop of black walnuts in the region. Despite being a nuisance to some, black walnuts are harvested for use in baking, sold for profit, and used as deer bait. The ...

Fallen leaves cover the base of a row of trees at a garden in Long Island, N.Y., on Nov. 3, 2025. (Jessica Damiano via AP) There are a lot of leaves outside my window, and I’m guessing your view might ...