Joseph Tychonievich

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    GPOD on the Road: Spring at Wellfield Botanic Gardens

    Joseph in northern Indiana here. Last week I got a chance to visit Wellfield Botanic Gardens in Elkhart, Indiana. It is a beautiful little garden, with lots to see, and…

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    Underrated Flowers of Spring

    It is spring in my garden in northern Indiana, and the bulbs are showing off like crazy. Daffodils are everywhere, and tulips are poking up and getting ready to bloom.…

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    Joseph’s Favorite Daffodils

    It's Joseph from northern Indiana again here today. I love daffodils (Narcissus spp. and cvs., Zones 3–8). I mean, I think pretty much everyone does. Right now they are peaking…

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    Native Spring Shows

    It's Joseph in Northern Indiana here today. As spring arrives, so many of our gardens are full of daffodils and tulips and other examples of spring-blooming species from around the…

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    How to Build a Crevice Garden

    If this is the first time you’ve come across the phrase “crevice garden,” it won’t be the last. This style of gardening is on the tongues of every gardening taste…

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    Visiting Spring in North Carolina

    Hi GPODers—it's your editor, Joseph, here. Last week I took a trip down from my home in northern Indiana to Raleigh, North Carolina, and got a little prelude of spring.…

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    Unexpected Winter Blooms

    Joseph here, in northern Indiana, where normally December and January is an indoor-only gardening season, with lots of snow, frigid temperatures, and ground frozen solid. Not this winter, though. We’ve…

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    Floral Sunshine

    Yellow is a polarizing color for flowers. Some people think it is brassy and loud and unpleasant. Others find it sunny and cheerful. The sunny warmth of yellow can cheer…

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    Red in the Garden

    Red is an attention-grabbing color in the garden. Bold, loud, and bright. And it plays well with other colors as well – pair it with orange and yellow for a…

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    The Summer That Was in Indiana

    Inspired by Cherry Ong’s post yesterday, this is Joseph, your GPOD editor, sharing some moments from the past summer in my northern Indiana garden. I hope you’ll send in some…