Fantastic Fall!

It’s finally fall, my favorite time of year. Bright, crisp and sunny days mean it is time to harvest grapes! Things are looking great at Creekbend Vineyard. If you haven’t already, you should subscribe to our YouTube Channel and check out our vineyard video series-Creekbend In Bloom. It really looks like fall here at the [...]

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Spring is just around the corner!

In the midst of all the snow and ice we’ve been experiencing, it may seem hard to believe that spring is nearly within sight. But by the end of February, increasing daylight and warmer temperatures will begin to break up the monotonous cold and we will see stirrings of life and definite signs that winter [...]

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Garden Update-Early freeze forces creative bulb planting strategy

The spring bulb display at Oliver Winery this 2011 promises to be spectacular, with 44 tulip varieties and several new types of narcissus, muscari, allium and frittilaria, comprising a total of 4450 bulbs. Typically, we are still wrapping up our planting through the first couple weeks of December. But winter arrived uncharacteristically early following Thanksgiving, [...]

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Four Plants that Shine in Winter

    While most plants have given way to the snow, ice and freezing temperatures so typical of our Indiana winters, there are some that continue to look beautiful, nasty weather notwithstanding.  Coniferous and broadleaf evergreens are a given, of course, but there is also a wealth of plants out there whose colorful foliage, interesting [...]

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Visions of Spring

It’s a cold, gray, soggy mess outside, but baby, I’ve got my plant and seed catalogs to keep me warm.  Spread out across the desk in front of me, they conjure visions of summertime in my head.  Not only do garden catalogs give me a great mental jump-start  in winter, they open up a whole [...]

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