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Plant Care

What It Really Means When a Gopher Snake Turns Up in Your California Yard, and Why It’s Quietly Thinning the Gophers Wrecking Your Roots

Most California homeowners who spot a large, patterned snake in the yard reach for a shovel before they reach for...

By John Miller CA on Jul 31

Gardening Tips

If your cucumber leaves turn white and dusty in this late-summer heat, one watering habit usually invites it

Walking out to your cucumber patch and finding the leaves coated in a white, dusty film is enough to make...

By Ethan Brooks on Jul 31

Gardening Tips

What It Really Means When a Black Rat Snake Turns Up at Your North Carolina Woodline, and Why It’s Quietly Thinning the Rodents That Carry Ticks In

Spotting a large dark snake at the edge of your North Carolina yard can stop you cold, but that moment...

By Jasmine Hughes on Jul 31

Texas Gardening

The Native Texas Groundcover That Stays Cooler Than Gravel Right Through a Triple-Digit Heat Wave

Walk barefoot across a gravel yard on a July afternoon in Texas and you will know exactly why homeowners are...

By Ella Brown T on Jul 31

Gardening Tips

If your tomato leaves roll and curl upward in this late-summer heat, one watering habit usually starts it before the twist shows

Walking out to your tomato plants on a hot August morning and finding the leaves rolled tight like little cigars...

By Ethan Brooks on Jul 31

Gardening Tips

If your cucumber leaves show yellow blotches between the veins in this late-summer heat, one feeding gap usually starts it

Yellow patches showing up between the veins of your cucumber leaves can stop a gardener cold, especially when the plants...

By Ethan Brooks on Jul 31

If your cucumber leaves are wilting by afternoon even in moist soil this August, one root problem usually starts it

The Invasive Host Tree Spotted Lanternfly Prefers in North Carolina Yards, and Why Planned Removal May Help

How To Keep California Alligator Lizards In Your Yard, Where They Quietly Hunt The Pests You Can’t See

The Underrated Texas Porch Plant That Pulls In Roach-Hunting Geckos And Keeps Them Coming Back

From the Garden

If your cucumbers grow curled and hooked instead of straight, poor pollination and uneven watering are the two leading checks to make first

If your tomatoes crack and split open right after you water in this August heat, one watering swing can trigger it

California Alligator Lizards Eat Snails and Arthropods, but Their Role in Tick Control Is Unresolved

If your tomato leaves are curling upward and leathery in this August heat, one watering swing usually starts it

If your cucumbers taste bitter this August, one watering habit usually starts it before you ever pick them

In Bloom

The Most Underrated North Carolina Native Tree That Feeds Wildlife All Winter When the Yard Goes Bare

If your cucumber vines are loaded with blossoms but the fruit stays stubby and pale in this August heat, one watering habit usually starts it

What It Really Means When Wild Turkeys Start Crossing Your North Carolina Yard, and Why They’re Quietly Clearing the Ticks Off Your Lawn

Gardener's Selection

Wooden trellises rot and lean over in Florida’s humidity – 7 native vines that hold themselves up instead

If your carrots grow lush tops but the roots stay skinny, one feeding habit usually starts it underground

If your pepper plants are big and leafy but barely setting pods in this August heat, one hidden habit usually starts it

What It Really Means When Bats Start Hunting Over Your California Yard at Dusk, and Why They’re Quietly Clearing the Mosquitoes Off Your Patio

If your pepper plants set flowers but the fruit stays tiny in this August heat, one feeding habit usually starts it

The Potting Shed

What It Really Means When Cliff Swallows Build Mud Nests Under Your California Eaves, and Why They’re Quietly Clearing the Mosquitoes and Gnats Off Your Patio

Zucchini Flowers but No Fruit in August? Heat May Shift the Ratio, but Check These Causes First

Your Summer Squash Is Huge and Leafy but Fruit Keeps Failing: Excess Nitrogen Is One Possible Cause, but Diagnose the Fruit First

If your tomato plants pump out leaves but stall on fruit in this August heat, one feeding habit usually starts it

If Your Tomato Leaves Turn Purple Underneath, One Nutrient-Uptake Problem May Be Behind It

The Most Underrated North Carolina Native Shrub That Owns the Backyard in September When Everything Else Is Fried and Fading

If your zucchini sets tiny fruit that rots at the tip in this August heat, one feeding gap usually starts it

What It Really Means When Paper Wasps Build a Nest on Your North Carolina Porch, and Why They’re Quietly Hauling Off the Caterpillars Chewing Your Garden

7 Florida native plants that draw in dragonflies and quietly thin the mosquitoes off your patio

The Florida native vines that turn a plain fence into painted bunting habitat by fall

If your pepper plants keep dropping their blossoms in this August heat, one watering habit usually starts it

Rip out that ligustrum hedge this fall in Florida and plant the native shrub that stays dense without the constant shearing

The California Native Shrubs That Replace Thirsty Crape Myrtle Along Your Fence Line and Never Notice a Dry Summer

Bark mulch floats away in Florida’s summer storms – 8 native ground covers that stay exactly where you plant them

7 Florida native plants that turn your patio into a spot ticks and mosquitoes refuse to land

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Field Notes

What It Really Means When a Gopher Snake Turns Up in Your California Yard, and Why It’s Quietly Thinning the Gophers Wrecking Your Roots

If your cucumber leaves turn white and dusty in this late-summer heat, one watering habit usually invites it

What It Really Means When a Black Rat Snake Turns Up at Your North Carolina Woodline, and Why It’s Quietly Thinning the Rodents That Carry Ticks In

The Native Texas Groundcover That Stays Cooler Than Gravel Right Through a Triple-Digit Heat Wave

If your tomato leaves roll and curl upward in this late-summer heat, one watering habit usually starts it before the twist shows

If your cucumber leaves show yellow blotches between the veins in this late-summer heat, one feeding gap usually starts it