Why White Ibis May Visit Florida Lawns After Rain
You look out after a storm and there they are: curved orange bills poking into your soggy grass. White ibis are common Florida birds, and…
By Aria Moore F · Nov 10, 2026
In the Garden
Soft, folding snake plant leaves in winter are a reason to check the soil and roots
Ethan Brooks · Nov 10
Plant These 7 Florida Natives in November and Your Yard Fills With Spring Color First
Aria Moore F · Nov 10
How To Make Your California Yard More Welcoming to Western Bluebirds in Winter
John Miller CA · Nov 10
From the Garden
How Fire Ants Form Living Rafts When Floodwater Inundates a Florida Nest
Picture a dark, shimmering mat drifting across floodwater, and then realize it is made of thousands of ants holding on to one another. Red imported…
By Aria Moore F · Nov 10
Why Muhly Grass Turns Many Florida Yards Into Clouds of Pink Each Fall
By Aria Moore F · Nov 10
If a Western Screech-Owl Is Trilling in Your California Yard at Night, It’s Hunting the Moths and Mice Around Your Beds
By John Miller CA · Nov 10
Why Fall Pea Seedlings Yellow and Stall: Is Wet Soil One Possible Cause?
By Ethan Brooks · Nov 10
The One Thing North Carolina Gardeners Should Do Now So Next Summer’s Cucumbers Keep Producing Into Fall
By Jasmine Hughes · Nov 10
In Bloom
What's thriving right now.
What It Means When a Great Horned Owl Starts Hooting Near Your California Yard This Winter
Yellow Blotches and Gray Fuzz on Fall Spinach May Be Downy Mildew, and Cool, Damp Conditions Can Favor It
By Ethan Brooks
Suitable Dry Zinnia and Marigold Heads in Your North Carolina Garden May Give You Seeds to Try Growing Next Year
Gulf Muhly Goes Brown After Its Fall Bloom in Texas, and Here’s When to Cut It Back
By Ella Brown T
Plant of the Week
Pacific Tree Frogs Calling From Your California Garden After Rain Are Eating the Slugs on Your Lettuce
After a winter storm, many California yards fill with loud, cheerful frog calls. It is tempting to think those frogs are working the night shift...
By John Miller CA · Nov 10, 2026
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Field Notes
Limp Christmas cactus segments can have several causes, and checking soil moisture and roots helps you find the problem
A Christmas cactus with floppy, wrinkled segments can make any gardener nervous, especially when the holiday season is getting close....
By Ethan Brooks on Nov 10
These 9 flowers still go in the ground this November and bloom bigger next spring
November feels like the end of the gardening year in most places, but in the South it is actually one...
By Ethan Brooks on Nov 10
The One Hydrangea Job North Carolina Gardeners Finish Before Hard Frost Without Touching Old Wood: Winter Bud Protection for Bigleaf Hydrangeas
Few things sting like a bigleaf hydrangea that leafs out green and never blooms. The flower buds were likely set...
By Jasmine Hughes on Nov 10
What to Do When Your Texas Shrub Blackens After a Freeze Before You Cut
A hard freeze can turn a lush Texas shrub into a sad tangle of dark, limp stems overnight. Your first...
By Ella Brown T on Nov 10
Your fig tree needs these few steps before the first frost hits, or winter kills it back to the ground
A fig tree can look lush and happy all summer, then turn into a pile of black, mushy stems after...
By Ethan Brooks on Nov 10
What Florida Law Actually Lets You Do When a Neighbor’s Tree Drops Limbs on Your Yard
A big oak limb lands in your yard after a storm, and it clearly came from next door. Who hauls...
By Aria Moore F on Nov 10