Congrats to everyone who presented at Formstack’s Build Indy 2013. All the presenters were great! Here is a rundown of Formstack’s Build Indy event on Thursday, May 16 held at The Speak Easy: Historic Indianapolis had a wonderful presentation. Tiffany Benedict Berkson was classy and informative. Historic Indianapolis is a quirky-cool-vintage site, great job [...] Continue reading → 
Rain gardens, also called recharge gardens, are small detention and infiltration areas that use native vegetation. Rain gardens are inexpensive and easy to setup. Rain gardens are a popular form of rainwater mitigation. Rain gardens are easy retrofits for existing properties and are well suited for both individual homes, or larger common areas. Rain gardens [...] Continue reading → 
Indiana Landmarks will roll out the red carpet for our friends in preservation when the National Preservation Conference comes to Indianapolis, Oct 29 – Nov 2, 2013! Count on inspiring educational and field sessions mixed with entertainment and fun in a walkable, historic downtown packed with hot restaurants and cools shops. Continue reading → 
Vegetable growing may be grouped under some four or five divisions, about as follows: Kitchen or Home Gardening, Market Gardening, Trucking, and Greenhouse Culture or Vegetable Forcing. Continue reading → 
by Rosie Bishop – Insects and their shy cousins don’t advertise. If they did, we would likely think of “beneficial” and “wasps” as words we cherish together. We would love to see critters scurrying or wiggling in a scoop of soil. We would thank tiny flea-sized creatures for reliable assistance. We would use mulch to [...] Continue reading → 
by Maggie Goeglein - The only “grandpa” I can remember is Grandpa Wilburt, my mother’s stepfather. Wilburt was a rather crusty old character–the most vivid impression I have of him is the smell of his Old Spice aftershave and the prickly brush of his whiskery cheek on mine when I would give him a hug at [...] Continue reading → 
by Angela Herrmann - “… they shall not plant and another eat …” Isaiah 65:22 (New Revised Standard Version) How many times have we taken for granted that we can drop by the grocery store to pick up bread, milk, and eggs? Have we considered: Where the food originated: locally or thousands of miles away? How [...] Continue reading → 
by Kay Grimm Plants are like people. They like to have certain friends they just want to hang with. Their buddies they prefer to grow with help each other to be stronger or by attracting certain insects that would otherwise injure them. Sometimes, like in real life, friendships don’t always return favors. So notice who [...] Continue reading → 
by Joyce L. Moore - I remember as a child, many in my neighborhood had back yard gardens and kept chickens. We ate food in season, grown from our gardens, like expectant children at Christmas, waiting for what each growing season would bring next to the table. People did things for themselves because that was the [...] Continue reading → 
by Kelli Mirgeaux Serving as the Mapleton-Fall Creek’s community tool in rebuilding and revitalizing the area, Mapleton-Fall Creek Development Corporation (MFCDC) examines all things that give a place its identity, makes it an attractive place to live, and provides a good quality of life for all its residents. It is our mission to support the [...] Continue reading → 
