Heartland Gardening bloggers
(left to right: Michael Leach, Debra Knapke and Teresa Woodard)
Michael Leach, Teresa Woodard, and I were in Indianapolis in 2011 attending a GWA – The Association of Garden Communicators – conference. After a garden writers workshop we went out to dinner. Not an easy thing to do in a city where three other conferences were also in session. Over the second bottle of wine, while waiting for our table, we decided to create a blog together. We not only launched the blog, Heartland Gardening, but developed deep friendships.
In June, 2021, Michael passed, Teresa became more involved with her writing – please look for her book American Roots and her next book, Garden to the Max which will be published in March 2025. And I became involved with projects that focus on care for the Earth and and all who live on it. Teresa and I felt that it was time to let our blog settle into an archive as a beautiful testament to three gardeners who shared their passion for plants, people, and collaboration.
Enjoy.
Garlic: The Indispensable Condiment
By Debra Knapke Here's the latest podcast on "Garlic: The Indispensable Condiment." https://anchor.fm/teresa40/embed/episodes/Garlic-The-Indispensable-Condiment-e1vkvr Previously published in Edible Columbus (Winter 2016, p. 8-9), you can find the printed article...
Late-Season Garden Maintenance
Check out Debra's last podcast on Late-Season Garden Maintenance Tips https://anchor.fm/teresa40/embed/episodes/Late-Season-Garden-Maintenance-e20857
Plant Preview from Cultivate 2018
By Teresa Woodard Last week, the green industry met in Columbus, Ohio for Cultivate 2018 – a massive trade show in which 10,000 attendees and 700 exhibitors from 18 countries converged for a four-day event! Here, bulb companies from the Netherlands, seed companies...
Eternal summer memories
By Michael Leach Magic lanterns hover then zig-zag over the lawn. Giggles and whispers and cricket serenades fill the night air. The yellow flashes of pinpoint lights inside the lanterns are too dim to illumine the smiles and looks of wonder. Flashes of light are...
Take heart! Natural enemies stalk weeds
By Michael Leach Weeds are villains in the garden story. They combine the reproductive prowess of a locust plague, kill resistance of a mad-slasher and relentlessness of sci-fi storm troopers. "Resistance is futile,” they are telling me. Looking in horror at the...
Heartland Bloggers to Wine Fest
The Heartland Gardening bloggers are heading to the Grove City Wine and Arts Festival, this Friday and Saturday. Look for us at the Writer’s Table where we will be answering garden questions and...
Heartland goes to the library
Debra and Michael will be promoting our new book Heartland Gardening Celebrating the Seasons as part of the Local Authors Expo, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Southwest Public Libraries Grove City (OH) location. The event highlights the creative efforts of...
Grow, Muddle and Stir
The Art of Fashioning Liquid Refreshment By Debra Knapke My first mojito… a warm summer evening and a cool drink made of spearmint, lime, sugar and rum. Not having a lot of experience with cocktails, this drink was a revelation: a way to get rid of an overabundance of...
Free Pass: Public Gardens Day
Visit a Public Garden on Public Gardens Day By Micheal Leach Public gardens sparkle with enough delightful facets to rival an engagement ring. A bona fide plant geek, such as myself, is expected to say such a thing. Other people sing praises of these treasures, too,...