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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 were looking fine just a…

By Ethan Brooks · Jul 31

Field Notes

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

From the Garden

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

What It Really Means When a Kingsnake Turns Up in Your California Yard, and Why It’s Quietly Eating the Rattlesnakes You Fear

If your cucumbers turn bitter and shriveled at the ends in this heat, one watering habit usually starts it

Before You Reach for a Spray Can on Those August Webworm Tents, the North Carolina Native Tree That Feeds the Birds That Clear Them

What It Really Means When Bushtits Swarm Your California Yard, and Why They’re Quietly Stripping the Aphids Off Your Roses

In Bloom

The One Native Texas Plant Hummingbirds Treat Like Home All Season, Not Just a Sugar-Water Stop

A Toad in Your California Yard at Night May Be Eating Some Garden Pests – Here Is What That Sighting Actually Tells You

If your cucumber vines pump out flowers but almost no cukes in this heat, poor pollination usually isn’t the whole story

Gardener's Selection

Cucumber Vines Wilting by Mid-Afternoon: Heat Stress, Watering Habits, and When to Worry

What It Really Means When Brown Thrashers Start Working Your North Carolina Garden Beds and How They Quietly Clear the Grubs and Ticks

7 Florida native shrubs that fill the same spot as that dangerous oleander without the poison

What It Really Means When Alligator Lizards Show Up in Your California Yard and Why They May Be Quietly Eating the Black Widows You Fear

What to Do With Your Texas Bougainvillea Right Now for Blooms That Last Into September

The Potting Shed

If your squash keeps getting powdery-white leaves in this late-summer humidity, one watering habit usually invites it

If your eggplants flower nonstop but never set fruit in this heat, one hidden habit is usually behind it

What It Really Means When an Opossum Wanders Through Your North Carolina Yard and Why It’s Quietly Clearing the Ticks

How to Grow Gardenia in Pots in Texas So the Summer Heat Never Gets a Chance to Kill It

If your zucchini plants pump out huge leaves but almost no fruit in this heat, one hidden habit is stalling them

Rip Out That Nandina Hedge This Fall in North Carolina and Plant the Native Shrub That Feeds Birds Instead of Poisoning Them

What It Really Means When a Roadrunner Starts Patrolling Your Texas Yard After Years Away

If your zucchini flowers open every morning but never set fruit in this heat, the trouble starts before the bloom

The Most Underrated North Carolina Native That Owns Your Garden In September When The Summer Show Is Over

The One Native Texas Shrub That Blooms All Summer While You Practically Ignore It

If your peppers set only tiny, thin-walled fruit in this heat, one feeding mistake is usually behind it

If your tomato plants grow tall and bushy but barely set fruit, one feeding habit is usually the reason

If your tomato leaves are still green but not one flower sets in this heat, the trouble starts before the buds form

7 toxic plants hiding in plain sight in Florida yards, and the safe natives that fill the same spot

7 Florida native ground covers that look expensive and quietly send the roaches packing as a bonus

The Garden Almanac

Field Notes

If your pepper leaves suddenly curl and cup upward in this heat, the trouble usually starts before the leaves twist

The Florida Native Vine That Turns a Hunting Owl Loose on the Rats No Trap Ever Catches

The Ground Beetles Patrolling Your California Yard at Night Eat the Slugs and Cutworms Wrecking Your Seedlings, but Raking Away Their Cover Drives Them Off

The Florida native vine that weaves through your fence slats and turns a bare barrier into a bunting magnet

What a Gopher Snake in Your California Yard May Mean for Rodent Control, and Why You Should Think Twice Before Removing It

The Florida wooden trellises that warp and rot every summer, and the native vines that hold their own instead