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Florida Gardeners Can Still Plant These 7 Cool-Season Herbs Now for Fresh Harvests Through March

A few pots near the kitchen can turn Florida’s cooler months into a fresh-herb season. If you’re planting in winter, these seven herbs offer useful...

By Aria Moore F · Nov 6, 2026

Leafy Radishes With Small Roots: Is Shade One Possible Reason?

Could Your Water Be Behind Brown Tips on Your California Avocado Leaves?

Loose Brussels Sprouts: When Topping the Stalk Helps and When It Doesn’t

Leave the Ladybug Clusters Huddled in Your California Garden This Winter, Because They Wake Up Hungry for Aphids

From the Garden

Fig Cuttings From Dormant Pruning May Root in a Few Months and Give You New Plants

Fig trees in Texas and Florida yards need this one cleanup step after the leaves drop, or fungus waits for spring

Kale leaves riddled with tiny holes in November mean flea beetles are still feeding, and a row cover stops them cold

17 single-ingredient fertilizers that give next year’s tomatoes the nutrient this year’s plants were missing

These 7 Old Fashioned Plants Are Quietly Returning to North Carolina Yards, and Grandma Knew Why

In Bloom

Plant Cedar Sage in Bright or Dappled Hill Country Shade This Fall and Hummingbirds May Visit Each Spring

Brown edges creeping across your peace lily leaves usually trace back to one of these 8 everyday care mistakes

The Invasive Shrub North Carolina Gardeners Should Pull in November While Its Berries Give It Away

Gardener's Selection

When a Carolina Wren Nests in Your Florida Porch Planter, Here’s What It Means for Your Yard

Leave a Hollow Tree Cavity in Your Central Texas Yard and Bluebirds May Nest There

These 7 Popular Plants Could Get Florida Homeowners Fined, Depending on Their County

Give Fall Beets Room to Grow: Why Thinning Seedlings Matters

Florida Gardeners Can Still Plant These 7 Cool-Season Herbs Now for Fresh Harvests Through March

The Potting Shed

These 8 Herbs Root From Simple Cuttings in Your California Garden Before Winter Rains Arrive

When Mourning Doves Build a Nest in Your Florida Hanging Basket, Here’s What It Says About Your Yard

Brazilian Pepper Berries Turn Red in Florida Yards Now, and Birds Spread Them Everywhere Unless You Cut Them First

The California Native Shrubs That Give You a Thicker Privacy Screen Than Privet With Half the Trimming

Fall Turnips With Big Leaves but Small Roots: Why Thinning to About Four Inches Can Help

Is Thanksgiving Too Late to Sow Crimson Clover in North Carolina Beds?

These Fast-Spreading Perennials Fill Empty Texas Beds by Next Summer Without Waiting Years

Yellowing or Slow-Growing Peas in Texas and Florida: Could Soil Moisture Be Part of the Problem?

Fall-planted Texas and Florida tomatoes drop their flowers in November when nights dip below 55 degrees, and here’s how to save the fruit

Why Some Hummingbirds Stay in Your California Yard All Winter, and What They’re Living On

Deer start stripping your fall pansies and kale the week acorns run out, so spray this before they find the bed

The Venomous Creatures North Carolina Gardeners Still Run Into Raking Leaves This Fall

These California Tool Lending Libraries Let You Borrow Garden Gear Free Instead of Buying It

The Native Texas Plants With Roots Deep Enough to Survive Both Drought and Flash Floods

Why Lizards Bask on Sunny California Walls on Cool Fall Mornings

The Garden Almanac

Field Notes

Your Christmas cactus still has time to bloom for the holidays if you start these 8 steps this week

Fall-planted onion and shallot sets that bolt next spring were usually planted too big, so sort them by size now

November in North Carolina: A Planting and Maintenance Window for Daffodils

Florida Bougainvillea Is Often Especially Colorful in Winter, and November Care Can Support the Display

These California Botanic Garden Plant Sales Sell Rare Natives for Less Than Big-Box Stores This Winter

What a Raccoon Visiting Your Central Texas Yard Night After Night Is Really Telling You