In the Garden

Tomato seedlings you start indoors for spring turn tall and spindly on the windowsill, and a suitable shop light can help

Tomato seedlings you start indoors for spring turn tall and spindly on the windowsill, and a suitable shop light can help

You start tomato seeds with high hopes, and a few weeks later the seedlings are tall, thin, and flopping over on the windowsill. That stretched…

By Ethan Brooks · Nov 11, 2026

The North Carolina Trees That Bring Owls to Your Yard and Quietly Cut Down Your Rat Problem

Jasmine Hughes · Nov 11

What to do the moment a coyote wanders into your yard this winter, and the 3 mistakes that make it come back

Ethan Brooks · Nov 11

That Black Coating on Your North Carolina Crape Myrtle Is a Clue Worth Following, Not a Diagnosis

Jasmine Hughes · Nov 11

From the Garden

Growing notes from every corner of the plot.

What Florida Law Actually Lets You Do When a Neighbor’s Palm Fronds Keep Falling in Your Yard

Florida Gardening

What Florida Law Actually Lets You Do When a Neighbor’s Palm Fronds Keep Falling in Your Yard

Few things pile up in a Florida yard as fast as palm fronds, coconuts, and seed pods. When they come from the neighbor’s tree, it…

By Aria Moore F · Nov 11

Texas Gardening

Before You Cut Your Neighbor’s Branches Hanging Over Your Texas Yard, Here’s What the Law Allows

By Ella Brown T · Nov 11

Florida Gardening

Why White Ibis May Visit Florida Lawns After Rain

By Aria Moore F · Nov 10

Soft, folding snake plant leaves in winter are a reason to check the soil and roots

By Ethan Brooks · Nov 10

Florida Gardening

Plant These 7 Florida Natives in November and Your Yard Fills With Spring Color First

By Aria Moore F · Nov 10

In Bloom

What's thriving right now.

How To Make Your California Yard More Welcoming to Western Bluebirds in Winter

How To Make Your California Yard More Welcoming to Western Bluebirds in Winter

By John Miller CA

How Fire Ants Form Living Rafts When Floodwater Inundates a Florida Nest

Florida Gardening

How Fire Ants Form Living Rafts When Floodwater Inundates a Florida Nest

By Aria Moore F

Why Muhly Grass Turns Many Florida Yards Into Clouds of Pink Each Fall

Florida Gardening

Why Muhly Grass Turns Many Florida Yards Into Clouds of Pink Each Fall

By Aria Moore F

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If a Western Screech-Owl Is Trilling in Your California Yard at Night, It’s Hunting the Moths and Mice Around Your Beds

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

Why Fall Pea Seedlings Yellow and Stall: Is Wet Soil One Possible Cause?

Why Fall Pea Seedlings Yellow and Stall: Is Wet Soil One Possible Cause?

By Ethan Brooks

The One Thing North Carolina Gardeners Should Do Now So Next Summer’s Cucumbers Keep Producing Into Fall

The One Thing North Carolina Gardeners Should Do Now So Next Summer’s Cucumbers Keep Producing Into Fall

By Jasmine Hughes

Turk’s Cap Along a Central Texas Fence Can Offer Hummingbirds Fall Nectar

Texas Gardening

Turk’s Cap Along a Central Texas Fence Can Offer Hummingbirds Fall Nectar

By Ella Brown T

Orange Pustules Point to Garlic Rust, but Purple Leaf Blotches Need a Closer Look

Plant of the Week

Orange Pustules Point to Garlic Rust, but Purple Leaf Blotches Need a Closer Look

You walk out to the garlic bed and spot strange marks on the leaves. Is it rust, or something else? The answer matters, because the...

By Ethan Brooks · Nov 10, 2026

The Potting Shed

Deer start chewing your fall vegetable beds harder in November, and a simple fishing-line fence keeps them out

Deer start chewing your fall vegetable beds harder in November, and a simple fishing-line fence keeps them out

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

Suitable Dry Zinnia and Marigold Heads in Your North Carolina Garden May Give You Seeds to Try Growing Next Year

Suitable Dry Zinnia and Marigold Heads in Your North Carolina Garden May Give You Seeds to Try Growing Next Year

Texas Gardening

Gulf Muhly Goes Brown After Its Fall Bloom in Texas, and Here’s When to Cut It Back

Pacific Tree Frogs Calling From Your California Garden After Rain Are Eating the Slugs on Your Lettuce

Onion Transplants in Texas and Florida: Why Day Length Matters for Bulbs, Not Bolting

Onion Transplants in Texas and Florida: Why Day Length Matters for Bulbs, Not Bolting

Snapdragons in Texas and Florida Beds: Should You Pinch Them for Fuller Growth?

Why North Carolina Gardeners Who Bait Fire Ants Before Winter Get Fewer Mounds Next Spring

Your Florida Citrus Leaves Turn Yellow in Winter, and Pruning Isn’t What Fixes Them

Florida Gardening

Your Florida Citrus Leaves Turn Yellow in Winter, and Pruning Isn’t What Fixes Them

Your California Winter Vegetable Garden Checklist, From Coastal Fog Belt to Inland Valley Heat

Texas Gardening

The Texas Shrubs You Can Plant Right Next to Your House Without Cracking the Foundation

Garlic leaves turning yellow at the tips in November usually mean the cloves are sitting in soggy soil

Garlic leaves turning yellow at the tips in November usually mean the cloves are sitting in soggy soil

Does Garlic Need Chilling in Texas and Florida? What Rounds Really Mean

These California Native Shrubs Thrive in Rock-Hard Clay That Floods Every Winter

Field Notes

8 vegetables you can still sow this November and be picking before spring arrives

8 vegetables you can still sow this November and be picking before spring arrives

November might feel like the end of the garden year, but in the South it is really a fresh start....

By Ethan Brooks on Nov 10

These 8 Trees and Shrubs North Carolina Gardeners Prune in November, Plus 4 They Never Touch

These 8 Trees and Shrubs North Carolina Gardeners Prune in November, Plus 4 They Never Touch

November in North Carolina feels like the yard is finally taking a breath. The leaves are dropping, the heat is...

By Jasmine Hughes on Nov 10

What to Do With All Those Acorns Piling Up on Your Central Texas Lawn This Fall

Texas Gardening

What to Do With All Those Acorns Piling Up on Your Central Texas Lawn This Fall

Step outside after a fall breeze and you might hear acorns pinging off the driveway and crunching under your shoes....

By Ella Brown T on Nov 10

These 8 plants quietly stunt your peppers when you grow them too close

These 8 plants quietly stunt your peppers when you grow them too close

Your pepper plants get plenty of sun, water, and fertilizer, yet they stay small and drop flowers. The problem might...

By Ethan Brooks on Nov 10

This Native North Carolina Perennial Thrives in the Soggy, Sunny Spot Where Everything Else Rots

This Native North Carolina Perennial Thrives in the Soggy, Sunny Spot Where Everything Else Rots

Almost every North Carolina yard with clay has one: a sunny border that stays wet long after the rain stops....

By Jasmine Hughes on Nov 10

Your Texas Rose Bushes Don’t Need a Hard Cut This Fall in Central Texas, and Here’s What to Do Instead

Texas Gardening

Your Texas Rose Bushes Don’t Need a Hard Cut This Fall in Central Texas, and Here’s What to Do Instead

Fall feels like the right time to tidy up the garden, and rose bushes often get the first round of...

By Ella Brown T on Nov 10