The Great Outdoors

The cucumbers have filled the vegetable drawer, you’ve run out of cabbage recipes and your family is refusing to eat

One of the easiest-to-grow, blooming bulb plants is the South American Amaryllis. This bulb thrives on normal household temperatures of

While researching for “facts” on the topic of Hardy Mums, I was caught by surprise to see that every article

A specialized wheelchair will make a hiking trail at Chain O’Lakes State Park more accessible, thanks to the organizers of

Little River Wetlands Project, a local nature organization protecting almost 1,200 acres of natural and restored wetlands in Allen and

Summer is filled with parties, gatherings, picnics and more. We all want to make these occasions special and memorable for

Most of the questions that are coming my way are about weeds growing in the yard and how to get

June/July are the times to get your pruning and dead-heading done as pruning in the fall is generally looked down

Just because the hot weather’s here doesn’t mean you can’t do something cool with your home exterior. Some small-scale painting

Every year one hundred plus walkers and runners descend on Shoaff Park the second Saturday in August to help Rotarians

Garden mums, chyrsanthemums are easily fooled into thinking that every time the temperatures outside at night cool down just a

The Friends of Ouabache State Park, Ouabache State Park and Upper Wabash Interpretive Services are hosting a Junior Indiana Master

Turnstone and the Fort Wayne Parks & Recreation Department are pleased to be able to offer a new special adaptive

Witches’ Broom disease, known as Rose Rosette when it is mainly on your roses, usually attack multiflora roses and shrub

This is your final chance to prevent those nasty bacteria spores from splashing up onto the lower leaves of your

The focus group broke up after an hour and a half with laughter and full tummies and hugs and handshakes.

If you have seen “organic” looking bags hanging on your trees and shrubs, or even in your grass, they are

The problem Marvin Pincus had yesterday was simply time. You see, he’d found that new-to-him but older-anyway deluxe glass Fenwick

When Jack Sutton noticed a dense cloud of tiny black specks along his frontage at Yellow Creek Lake in mid-May,

ACRES Land Trust will be hosting a rain or shine hiking event to celebrate National Trails Day® on June 7,

Everyone wants to know how to get the colorful green, yellow and red bell peppers. I truly believe that we

“How about a television ad,” Steve said during the manure-and-worm free lunch focus group, “that shows a cartoon of a

As part of National Safe Boating week, Indiana Conservation Officers are offering Indiana boaters useful tips for an enjoyable and

As part of the effort to encourage residents to install rain gardens on their property, Fort Wayne City Utilities is

This year’s late winter thaw and cool spring weather have slowed the growth of aquatic plants in northeast Indiana lakes.

Chain O’ Lakes State Park is hosting a Family Fishing Derby, June 7, 2014, from 7:00am to 11:00am. Registration begins

Little River Wetlands Project, a local nature organization protecting almost 1,200 acres of natural and restored wetlands in Allen and

During the winter months we all look forward to temperatures that climb up to 25* to 35* degrees and consider

Herb walked into O’Dontal Dental the other day, holding his hand against a swollen face. He hadn’t even made an

Don’t let lawn weeds get the best of you. These opportunistic plants find a weak spot in the lawn, infiltrate