By JEFF BURBRINK Extension Educator, Purdue Extension Elkhart County GOSHEN — If you were to pick one time of the year to improve your bluegrass lawn, most people would guess April or May. In truth, the best time to give your lawn a little extra TLC is the fall. Start by fertilizing with a good …read more.

By JEFF BURBRINK
Extension Educator, Purdue Extension Elkhart County
GOSHEN — A question we frequently have at farm meetings this time of the year is, “Can we spread manure on frozen or snow covered ground?”

By AMANDA ZAMBRANO Master Gardener Intern Long about August my whole landscape begins to look a little tired. My mulched areas are thinning and weeds are popping up. Things are getting a bit leggy and overgrown. The bloom is off most of my June and July blooming plants. It just looks a bit worn out. …read more.

By AMANDA ZAMBRANO Master Gardener Intern WARSAW — Potted plants and patio gardening, for me, has required a little more care and attention than my vegetable garden and landscaping. Plants growing in pots, baskets or buckets require more attention because of the limited resources of their pot. They need more water quickly, and more water …read more.

By AMY MUNCY Master Gardener (EDITOR’S NOTE: Amy Muncy was born in Wabash County and lived in Northern Wabash County for close to 40 years. Muncy grew up in the country, has always enjoyed gardening and mowing the lawn. She has been gardening since a small girl. She moved to Kosciusko County in 2000. She …read more.

After the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, in April Trupointe decided to confront the subject head on to the residents of Milford at Monday night’s Milford Town Council meeting. Brian Manges, director of Safety and Risk Management at Trupointe, declared to the council that the products which caused the explosion will not be used …read more.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — State officials will hold workshops around Indiana to inform farmers and others of new rules regulating the use of manure and other fertilizers. The rules take effect next February. They specify how fertilizer can be safely stored on farms until use and how far from waterways and wells it can …read more.