Talk Dirt To Me

Do you love to make mud pies, grow a houseplant, eat veggies, or stop to smell the bouquet on your co-workers desk? Everyone enjoys a bit of green growing around him or her and then there are those that are passionate and needy when it comes to dabbling in the dirt. With this blog, we'll try to satisfy those needs and tell you about what's going on with the Anchorage gardening scene. You know, as I finally learned, it's all about the dirt.

Photographer and gardener Fran Durner (fdurner@adn.com) writes the blog.


2008 Anchorage garden tour

Take an interactive tour of the gardens showing in Anchorage's garden tour, with photos and audio commentary from each gardener.

Fall bounty - 9/7/2008 5:01 pm

Garden sales season - 9/4/2008 4:41 pm

Dahlia Days - Finally! - 9/2/2008 1:14 pm

September Garden Calendar - 8/31/2008 8:14 pm

Another beautiful pumpkin - 8/28/2008 4:06 pm

Plan ahead: 2009 Farmers Almanac is out now - 8/27/2008 1:52 pm

What Does Alaska Grown Mean to You? - 8/25/2008 3:16 pm

State Fair opens - 8/20/2008 5:07 pm

Happy Birthday Nickel! - 8/19/2008 9:30 am

Lunchtime light - 8/18/2008 3:00 pm

Farmer's Markets - 8/17/2008 7:26 pm

Floral carpet in Belgium - 8/14/2008 2:38 pm

An Herb Harvest - 8/13/2008 5:31 pm

An English garden - 8/11/2008 4:55 pm

Free Cooperative Extension Publications - While they last! - 8/7/2008 4:32 pm

The Tomatoes of Summer - 8/5/2008 4:39 pm

Creating Floral Displays - 8/4/2008 12:14 pm

August Calendar - 7/31/2008 3:50 pm

See Big Lake and Willow gardens this weekend - 7/30/2008 3:56 pm

Homer Garden Tour - 7/27/2008 8:49 pm

Dr. Armitage is a self-described plant nerd - 7/26/2008 6:34 pm

So many gardens, too little time - 7/24/2008 12:55 pm

Flowering indoor plants for low-light situations?

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Do you have ideas for what would grow well indoors in a pot in low-light conditions?

I have a friend who's a shut-in, and I took her a pot with impatiens, a miniature rose, and a couple of mini green plants. All the flowering plants have died (the soil seems not to have dried out too much, but I only visit once a week, so I really don't know), and there are tiny flying insects buzzing around the plants. I put some systemic granules in the soil to discourage bugs, but it hasn't helped yet.

Anyway, she's upset because the plants died. I told her I'll just plant more, but do you know what would grow well indoors and give color? The mini rose and the impatiens, which a nursery recommended, didn't work.

Thanks,
Sharon


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