Plant Passionflower Along Your Florida Fence and Watch Butterflies Move In for Good
A bare, sunny fence in Florida can do more than hold up a property line. With the right native vine, it can become a place…
By Aria Moore F · Oct 27, 2026
In the Garden
Your peace lily is drooping flat over the pot, and this 15-minute soak perks it right back up
Ethan Brooks · Oct 27
These Winter Birds Are Just Arriving in Florida Yards, and Here’s How to Make Them Stay
Aria Moore F · Oct 27
How To Tell a Wild Rabbit May Be Using Your California Garden Before Winter Greens Go In
John Miller CA · Oct 27
From the Garden
What It Really Means When You Find a Snake Coiled by Your Florida Pool This Fall
You step outside with your coffee and spot a snake curled up near the pool. Your heart jumps, and your mind races to the worst…
By Aria Moore F · Oct 27
Why Florida’s Ghost Orchid Is So Hard to See in Bloom
By Aria Moore F · Oct 27
Why California Pomegranates May Split Near Harvest, and How Moisture Swings Can Play a Part
By John Miller CA · Oct 27
These 8 Plants Cause More Trouble Indoors Than They’re Worth, So Leave Them Outside This Winter
By Ethan Brooks · Oct 27
These Fall Vegetables North Carolina Gardeners Still Get in the Ground Before Thanksgiving for Sweeter Winter Harvests
By Jasmine Hughes · Oct 27
In Bloom
What's thriving right now.
Fall Care Decisions for California Persimmon Trees With Fruit Still Hanging
Your raised bed soil is worn out after summer, and this fall refresh brings it back for spring
By Ethan Brooks
What to Do With the Seed Pods Hanging on Your North Carolina Crape Myrtles Before Winter Sets In
Some Lawn Wasps Can Help With Grubs, but Holes and Cicada Killers Do Not Prove a Grub Problem
By Ella Brown T
Plant of the Week
The California Native Plants Selling Out at Nurseries Now That Gardeners Wish They’d Grabbed Sooner
Walk into a native plant nursery in California this season and you may find empty tables where the best plants used to be. More homeowners...
By John Miller CA · Oct 27, 2026
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Field Notes
Garlic chives, mint and lemon balm spread through your beds all winter unless you dig the runners out now
Your herb bed may look quiet this winter, but under the soil, three plants are still on the move. Garlic...
By Ethan Brooks on Oct 27
Stink bugs clustering on your sunny siding in late fall are looking for a gap to get inside, so seal these spots first
When the first cool snap hits, you might spot dozens of brown, shield-shaped bugs soaking up sun on the south...
By Ethan Brooks on Oct 27
What Box Turtles Are Really Eating in Your North Carolina Garden Beds, and Why You Should Let Them
A box turtle plodding across your mulch can make you stop mid-weed and wonder what it is up to. Eastern...
By Jasmine Hughes on Oct 27
The Venomous Creatures Central Texas Homeowners Start Finding Indoors Once Nights Turn Cold
When the first cool front rolls through Central Texas, people throw open the windows and break out the jackets. Plenty...
By Ella Brown T on Oct 27
Water Less After the Holidays: A Helpful Care Step for Your Christmas Cactus
The last flower has dropped, and your Christmas cactus suddenly looks a little plain. What you do next matters, because...
By Ethan Brooks on Oct 27
Skip the Ligustrum Hedge: These 9 Native Florida Shrubs Block the View and Feed Birds Instead
A privacy hedge can do more than hide the neighbor’s driveway. The right Florida native shrubs also give birds food,...
By Aria Moore F on Oct 27