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What It Means When a Bobcat Starts Prowling Your Central Texas Yard at Dusk

Spotting a bobcat slipping through your yard just before dark can stop you in your tracks. These spotted cats are native to Texas and more...

By Ella Brown T · Sep 11, 2026

Field Notes

7 Florida Herbs Gardeners Keep Close By the Door for a Reason This Fall

Your Christmas Cactus Goes Limp and Droopy – Here’s Why More Water Is the Wrong Move

7 Florida Native Plants That Draw Woodpeckers In to Wipe Out the Boring Insects Killing Your Trees

The 9 Stunning California Native Plants Most Gardeners Overlook, and Where Each One Shines in Your Yard

From the Garden

7 Florida Native Privacy Trees and Shrubs That Block the View While Feeding Birds and Butterflies

7 Florida Yard Conditions Quietly Drawing Bigger Yellowjacket Swarms This Fall – and What Pulls Them In

The California Privacy Plants That Screen Your Yard but Still Let the Coastal Breeze Flow Right Through

A Whole Fall Feeding of Broccoli and Cabbage Is Vanishing Under a Trail of Slime Overnight

Why Your North Carolina Crape Myrtle Bark Peels Every Summer and What That Smooth New Layer Is Really Telling You

In Bloom

The Blooming Texas Perennial Worth Swapping In for Your Tired Summer Annuals This Fall

Your Fall Cucumbers Turn Bitter at the Stem End Before You Even Slice Into Them – Here’s Why

Your Fall Swiss Chard Grows Rubbery, Bitter Leaves Instead of Tender Ones – Here’s the Watering Slip Behind It

Gardener's Selection

What It Really Means When an Opossum Wanders Into Your California Yard, and the Snails It Quietly Devours

That Crabgrass Taking Over Your Lawn Meets Its Match in One Thing You Already Own

What It Really Means When Monarchs Keep Drifting Through Your North Carolina Yard Without Ever Stopping

What Your California Citrus Tree Really Needs After a Sudden Heat Spike, Before the Damage Shows

What It Means When a Bobcat Starts Prowling Your Central Texas Yard at Dusk

The Potting Shed

The California Fall Vegetables You Need to Get in the Ground This Weekend Before the Planting Window Closes

Something Is Skeletonizing Your Fall Collard Leaves Down to the Veins Overnight

Your Fall Kale Grows Slower and Slower as the Nights Turn Cold – Here’s the Feeding Slip Behind the Stall

Why Your North Carolina Blueberry Bushes Keep Growing Leaves but Give You Fewer Berries Every Year

The September Watering Change That Stops Your Florida Desert Rose From Rotting at the Roots

What It Really Means When Skinks Start Slipping Through Your California Garden Beds, and the Pests They Quietly Devour

Dragonflies as Part of Mosquito Management in Your Central Texas Yard

Your Fall Kohlrabi Grows a Woody or Cracked Stem – Here’s How to Assess Whether Moisture Stress Played a Role

Your Fall Tomatoes Ripen on One Side and Stay Green and Hard on the Other — Here’s the Sunscald Slip Behind It

The Fast-Growing Shade Trees That Actually Thrive in North Carolina Heat and Humidity

Why Your Central Texas Plumbago Blooms Thin Out in Fall and the Feeding Fix That Brings the Blue Back

These Smells Send Squirrels and Chipmunks Packing Before They Dig Up Your Fall Garden

Skip Nandina Along Your North Carolina Fence Line and Plant Beautyberry That Feeds Birds Into Winter Instead

The September Texas Yard Pest That Looks Like a Wasp But Stings Far Worse

Your Hostas Come Back Thin and Pale Every Year — Here Are the Care Slips Quietly Behind It

The Garden Almanac

Field Notes

The North Carolina Native Shrub That Draws Swallowtails to Lay Their Eggs and Scents the Whole Yard

The Native Texas Entry Path Plant That Looks Expensive But Barely Sips Water All Summer

Plant These Self-Seeding Flowers Once and They Come Back on Their Own Every Year

Your Potted Geraniums Are Losing Steam This September — Here’s the Space-Smart Move That Finishes the Season Strong

Ants Are Marching Up Your Hummingbird Feeder and Fouling the Nectar – Here’s the Simple Barrier That Stops Them

7 Florida Yard Conditions That Are Quietly Drawing Alligators Toward Your Property This Fall