LaPorte County Master Gardeners are available to help the public with a wide variety of home gardening questions via their Garden Hotline. The hotline will be available on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. until noon from April 19 through Sept. 29, 2010.

   Master Gardeners will answer questions on house plants, landscaping, flowers, fruit trees, vegetables, trees, shrubs, lawns, insects, and garden pests. They find the right answers to difficult questions and provide those having yard and garden issues with research-based materials produced by the Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service.

   The hotline number is 219-324-9407. Ask to talk with a Master Gardener. This is a FREE service to the public.