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Your Crabgrass Keeps Spreading Across the Lawn – Here’s the One Product You Already Own That Kills It

Crabgrass has a way of showing up uninvited and refusing to leave, creeping across bermudagrass, St. Augustinegrass, and centipedegrass until bare patches disappear under a...

By Ethan Brooks · Sep 3, 2026

Field Notes

7 Florida Native Sages That Feed Pollinators and Fill In Bare Beds Without Constant Watering

Don’t Deadhead Your Coneflowers This Fall — Those Fading Seed Heads Still Have a Job to Do

7 Florida Herbs That Actually Survive the Summer Heat When Rosemary and Everything Else Gives Up

What Your California Gardenias Really Need Now to Keep Setting Buds Through the Last of the Summer Heat

From the Garden

7 Florida Invasive Plants To Rip Out Now Before the Fall Rains Spread Them Across Your Yard

Why Your California Rose Leaves Suddenly Turn Yellow in the Late-Summer Heat, and the Common Fix That Makes It Worse

7 Florida Native Shrubs That Bloom Bigger Next Spring If You Do One Thing to Them This September

Remove the Spent Flower Stalk After Blooming and Give Your Delphiniums a Chance at a Second Flush

The North Carolina Flower Farm Where You Walk the Rows and Cut Your Own Sunflowers and Zinnias

In Bloom

What It Really Means When a Garter Snake Shows Up in Your California Garden, and the Pests It Quietly Hunts

What To Do With Your Texas Plumbago Now So It Stays Full and Blooming Instead of Woody and Sparse Into Fall

Your Raised Beds Stopped Producing Like They Used To – Here Are the Three Soil Ingredients That Bring Them Back

Gardener's Selection

There’s a Right Time to Mow Your Lawn – and It’s Not When Most Gardeners Grab the Mower

Skip Ajuga in Your North Carolina Shade Borders and Plant This Native Mat-Former That Stays Where You Put It

If You Spot This Tiny Bug on Your California Citrus Leaves This Fall, Report It Before It Spreads

The Native Texas Milkweed That Brings Monarchs Back to Your Yard Before They Leave for the Season

Your Crabgrass Keeps Spreading Across the Lawn – Here’s the One Product You Already Own That Kills It

The Potting Shed

That Slippery Green Film Keeps Coming Back on Your Porch Roof – Here’s the Cheap Fix That Beats Scrubbing

September Deadheading for North Carolina Black-Eyed Susans: A Timely Optional Step That May Extend Your Fall Display

The Native Texas Tree That Feeds Birds and Pollinators Better Than a Crape Myrtle Ever Will

Cutting Your Lawn Too Short Weakens It Fast – Here’s the Mowing Height That Keeps It Thick and Green

What Yellow Leaves on Your North Carolina Tomatoes Are Really Telling You Before It’s Too Late to Save the Plant

Before You Plant a Live Oak in Your Florida Yard, Here’s What Its Roots Do to Driveways and Property Lines

The Popular Texas Yard Tree Homeowners Are Quietly Replacing With Something Tougher

Your Lawn Looks Scorched After the Late-Summer Heat – Here’s the One Mistake That Makes It Worse

If You Want a Head Start on Next Season, These Vegetables Need to Go In the Ground in September

This Is the Defensible Space Zone Closest to Your California House That Most Homeowners Still Get Wrong

Your Tomatoes Slow Down in the Late-Summer Heat – Here is the One Feeding Reset That Actually Works

If You Spot This Bug in Your California Yard Right Now, Do Not Touch It, and Here’s Why

Remove the Green Algae and Moss Creeping Across Your Patio and Porch With One Cheap Fix

If You Want a Wave of Spring Blooms, Right Now Is When These Flowers Need to Go In the Ground

Your Cucumbers Slow Down and Go Leggy in Late-Summer Heat — Here’s the Watering Habit Quietly Behind It

The Garden Almanac

Field Notes

Your Hanging Baskets Dry Out and Wilt by Afternoon — Here’s the One Watering Slip Quietly Behind It

What North Carolina Knockout Roses Actually Need When Adult Japanese Beetles First Appear

The Underrated Tropical Fruit Texans Are Growing That Fruits Through Triple-Digit Heat

Your Hydrangea Blooms Turn Brown While the Leaves Stay Green – Here’s the Real Cause and How to Stop It

Skip English Ivy on Your North Carolina Fence Line and Plant This Native Vine That Feeds Birds Instead

What To Do the First Few Minutes After a Black Widow Bites You in Your Florida Garden