Sandhill Cranes Keep Coming Back to Florida Yards That Offer These 7 Features
A pair of sandhill cranes walking across the lawn can stop a whole morning in its tracks. In Florida, these tall gray birds often return…
By Aria Moore F · Sep 18, 2026
In the Garden
7 Florida Yard Conditions That Bring White Ibis Flocks Probing Across Your Lawn for Grubs and Mole Crickets
Aria Moore F · Sep 18
California Barn Owls Clear More Gophers in a Night Than Any Trap, and One Box Placement Mistake Keeps Them Away
John Miller CA · Sep 18
7 Florida Native Plants That Fix the Backyard Drainage Problem Every New Homeowner Hits After the First Rainy Season
Aria Moore F · Sep 18
From the Garden
7 Florida Native Plants That Bring Tree Frogs In to Wipe Out the Roaches Around Your House
Roaches love warm, damp hiding spots around Florida homes. Tree frogs hunt at night, which is exactly when many roaches are moving along walls, patios,…
By Aria Moore F · Sep 18
California Garden Spiders Trap the Mosquitoes and Aphids Wrecking Your Yard, but One Cleanup Habit Wipes Out Their Webs
By John Miller CA · Sep 18
What North Carolina Gardeners Do to Get Alliums That Come Back Bigger and Bloom Every Spring Without Replanting
By Jasmine Hughes · Sep 18
Your Central Texas Fall Tomatoes Are Setting Blooms but Dropping Every One in the October Heat
By Ella Brown T · Sep 18
California Scrub Jays Cache Acorns and Eat Insects, but They Won’t Fix Your Lawn Grubs
By John Miller CA · Sep 18
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The California Trees You Should Fertilize This Fall, and the Ones That Get Damaged if You Push Them
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By Aria Moore F
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Plant of the Week
Your Central Texas Broccoli Is Buttoning Into Tiny Heads Because a Cold Snap Shocked the Transplants
Stepping out to check your fall broccoli and finding marble-sized heads instead of full crowns is genuinely frustrating, especially when you did everything by the...
By Ella Brown T · Sep 18, 2026
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Field Notes
California Towhees Scratch Through Your Garden Soil and May Eat Insects Along the Way
A plain brown bird hopping through your flower bed might seem like a nuisance, but that scratch-scratch-scratch in the leaf...
By John Miller CA on Sep 17
The Florida Native Wildflower That Can Reseed and Reduce Replanting in Suitable Beds Year After Year
Replacing a front-yard annual bed every season costs time, money, and a lot of water. Leavenworth’s tickseed, a Florida-native wildflower...
By Aria Moore F on Sep 17
Never Plant These Near Your Tomatoes or You’ll Watch the Harvest Quietly Shrink
Tomatoes are the star of most Southern summer gardens, but they can be surprisingly picky about who lives next door....
By Ethan Brooks on Sep 17
Box Turtles in North Carolina Return to the Same Yard for Decades, So Moving One Can Cost It Everything
Eastern box turtles are a familiar sight in North Carolina yards, and most people who spot one want to do...
By Jasmine Hughes on Sep 17
California Alligator Lizards Hunt the Black Widows Hiding in Your Yard, but One Cleanup Habit Drives Them Off
A scaly, prehistoric-looking lizard slipping under your garden debris might actually be doing you a quiet favor. Southern alligator lizards...
By John Miller CA on Sep 17
Your Central Texas Camellia Buds Are Dropping Off Before They Open Because of This Fall Watering Swing
Few things are more frustrating than watching your camellia fill up with fat buds in fall, only to find them...
By Ella Brown T on Sep 17