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North Carolina Bluebirds Come Back Every Spring – Here’s How to Get Them Nesting in Your Yard

Eastern Bluebirds are one of the most recognizable birds in North Carolina, with their brilliant blue backs and rusty-orange chests...

By Jasmine Hughes on Jul 23

Texas Gardening

What Seeing More Fireflies Than Usual Is Really Telling You About Your Texas Garden

Stepping outside on a warm Texas evening and counting twice as many fireflies as last year feels like a reward...

By Ella Brown T on Jul 23

Gardening Tips

If Your Cucumber Plants Grow Huge Vines but Barely Any Cucumbers in the Heat, One Feeding Habit Is Usually to Blame

Watching a cucumber plant explode into a tangle of thick vines and broad leaves is exciting, right up until you...

By Ethan Brooks on Jul 23

Gardening Tips

If Your Zucchini Flowers but Never Sets Fruit in the Heat, One Pollination Habit Is Usually to Blame

Your zucchini plant looks healthy, covered in big leaves and bright yellow flowers, but the fruit just never seems to...

By Ethan Brooks on Jul 23

Gardening Tips

9 Native North Carolina Plants That Bring Fireflies Back to Your Backyard This Summer

Warm summer nights in North Carolina used to sparkle with fireflies, but a lot of yards have gone dark. The...

By Jasmine Hughes on Jul 23

Texas Gardening

The Backyard Habits That Turn Your Texas Garden Into a Painted Bunting’s Regular Summer Stop

Few sights in a Texas summer yard stop you cold like a male Painted Bunting, a bird that looks like...

By Ella Brown T on Jul 23

The Yard Habits Quietly Making Your North Carolina Tick Problem Worse This Summer

The One Late-Summer Move That Pushes Texas Lantana Into Non-Stop Blooms Again

When Mourning Doves Pick Your California Yard to Nest, It’s Telling You Something About the Garden You Made

The California Native Groundcovers That Blanket a Slope Like Ivy but Won’t Feed the Next Wildfire

From the Garden

The California Native Shrubs That Do Everything Rosemary Does but Feed Wildlife and Never Go Woody

The Most Beautiful Native North Carolina Shrubs You’ll Almost Never Find at a Garden Center

The Overlooked Texas Porch Herb That Keeps Scorpions From Ever Slipping Into Your House

Plant These California Natives Near Water and Watch Dragonflies Move In and Thin Out the Mosquitoes Fast

The California Nurseries Serious Gardeners Drive Hours to Reach for Rare Native Plants Nobody Else Stocks

In Bloom

What Fire Ants in Your North Carolina Garden Beds Are Really Trying to Tell You

What Happens to Your Summer Bug Problem When Anoles Move Into Your Florida Yard

The Native Texas Plants That Take Over Your Hottest Fence Line With Almost No Help From You

Gardener's Selection

If Your Tomatoes Keep Splitting Just as They Ripen in the Heat, One Watering Pattern Is Often to Blame

If Your Tomato Plants Suddenly Stop Growing Taller in the Heat, the Trouble Usually Starts Deep Below the Roots

The Common Blueberry Mistakes That Quietly Kill North Carolina Backyard Harvests Before They Start

A Gray Fox at Dusk May Be Hunting Rodents in Your Texas Yard – Here Is What That Actually Means

If Your Cucumber Plants Look Lush but the Blossoms Keep Dropping in the Heat, One Watering Habit Is Usually to Blame

The Potting Shed

Set Up a Rain Barrel Once and Your North Carolina Container Garden Has Water All Summer

What It Really Means When a Mockingbird Keeps Returning to Your Texas Yard All Summer

If Your Pepper Plants Flower Heavily but Drop Every Blossom in the Heat, One Hidden Stress Is Usually to Blame

The Tall North Carolina Flower That Pulls In Bees, Hummingbirds, and Butterflies All Season

The Texas Plants That Keep Blooming Right Through August When Everything Else Fades

If Your Cucumbers Grow Fat in the Middle but Pinch at the Ends in the Heat, One Watering Habit Is Usually to Blame

If Your Zucchini Grows Huge Leaves but Barely Any Fruit in the Heat, One Feeding Habit Is Usually to Blame

If Your Cucumber Leaves Turn Yellow at the Edges in the Heat, One Magnesium Habit Is Usually to Blame

Florida Native Trees That Replace Crape Myrtles Along Your Fence Line And Driveway

The Florida Nurseries Quietly Growing Native Fruit Trees Your Big-Box Garden Center Won’t Stock

If Your Tomato Leaves Yellow From the Bottom Up in the Heat, the Trouble Usually Starts Down in the Roots

The Only Roses That Actually Shrug Off Florida Heat and Keep Blooming All Summer

Protecting Florida Plumeria Active Growth for Summer Blooms

What To Do With Your Florida Gardenias Right Now So They Keep Blooming All Summer

Tomato Leaves Curling and Fruit Sunburning? A Recent Fertilizer Overapplication May Be One Piece of a Bigger Puzzle

The Garden Almanac

Field Notes

North Carolina Bluebirds Come Back Every Spring – Here’s How to Get Them Nesting in Your Yard

What Seeing More Fireflies Than Usual Is Really Telling You About Your Texas Garden

If Your Cucumber Plants Grow Huge Vines but Barely Any Cucumbers in the Heat, One Feeding Habit Is Usually to Blame

If Your Zucchini Flowers but Never Sets Fruit in the Heat, One Pollination Habit Is Usually to Blame

9 Native North Carolina Plants That Bring Fireflies Back to Your Backyard This Summer

The Backyard Habits That Turn Your Texas Garden Into a Painted Bunting’s Regular Summer Stop