Posted by Jackie Finch, Herald-Times, 08/29/2020, Bloomington, IN on Jan 06 2021
Growing up in the Czech Republic, Radovan “Rad” Hajek loved to watch
his grandmother work in her colorful flower garden. “Since I can
remember, being about 4, she always had a beautiful front garden full of
flowers, perennials and annuals,” he says.“One of my very early
memories with flowers was drawing pictures on the concrete with the
flower buds of spiderwort, Californian poppies and moss rose,” he adds.Rad also would trail along aft… Read more
Posted by czechgardener on Mar 17 2019
Originally posted on January 3, 2018 on www.czechgardener.comHallo Hoosier, Midwest and all the gardeners,cold arctic air attacked eastern part of USA and sits here since
Christmas 2017. Temperatures dropping to minus 24° C (lower then minus
7° Fahrenheit) really keep me inside. Except the fact, this is great
time to rest, hibernate and also plan works for the spring season, it is
also time to contemplate and maybe speculate too. There is… Read more
Posted by czechgardener on Mar 15 2019
Published November 18, 2017 on www.czechgardener.comjavascript:;Hallo Northwest and Hoosier gardeners and native plants lover,time to write some little post! I can’t say that the annual INPAWS
(Indiana Native Plants and Wildflower Society) caused it. It just
re-opened my eyes. I visited annual conference 3 years ago and then this
autumn again. Both were excellent – complete in it’s possible wide
range from applied science (phenology, Dr.… Read more
Posted by czechgardener on Mar 14 2019
Publishen on September 13, 2017 on www.czechgardener.comHallo Hoosier gardeners, plant enthusiasts and nature lovers!Today it will be just short report about one great day.Nature Daze Day (organized by Brown County Native Woodland Project, http://www.bcnwp.com
) brought chance to visit Brown County for the first time…. Chilly
morning turned into beautiful sunny day, breathtaking hills and
woodlands all around, similar thinking “hippie” pe… Read more