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Gardening Tips

Why North Carolina Gardeners Keep Lemongrass by the Patio (And What Actually Controls Mosquitoes)

Lemongrass has a way of earning permanent real estate near a North Carolina patio once a gardener tries it there....

By Jasmine Hughes on Jul 27

Florida Gardening

What It Really Means When a Mockingbird Sings From the Same Spot in Your Florida Yard Every Morning

Most Florida mornings, before the neighborhood fully wakes up, a gray bird climbs to a high perch and fills the...

By Aria Moore F on Jul 27

Texas Gardening

Plant These Yellow Perennials in Your Texas Garden Once and They Bloom Back Every Single Year

Texas gardens face some brutal conditions, from triple-digit summers to strict water restrictions that leave lawns thirsty. The good news...

By Ella Brown T on Jul 27

Florida Gardening

The Native Florida Ground Covers That Let You Opt Out Of Mulch Season For Good

Mulch looks neat for a while, then Florida rain, wind, heat, and sandy soil start moving it around. Native ground...

By Aria Moore F on Jul 27

Gardening Tips

If your cucumbers keep growing stubby and misshapen in this heat, the trouble usually starts at the flowers

You worked hard to get those cucumber vines going, and now they’re sprawling and green – but the cucumbers coming...

By Ethan Brooks on Jul 27

Gardening Tips

If Your Cucumber Leaves Are Yellowing Between the Veins, Magnesium Is Worth Investigating – But It Is Not the Only Answer

Yellow patches spreading between the veins of your cucumber leaves while the veins themselves stay green is one of the...

By Ethan Brooks on Jul 27

If your tomato plants keep dropping every flower in this heat, one overnight temperature swing is usually the reason

The Most Underrated North Carolina Native Vine That Feeds Birds All Winter When Nothing Else Is Left

The Native Texas Wildflower That Brings Dragonflies Back to Hover Over Your Yard All Summer

If your tomatoes rot on the bottom while the plants look fine, the trouble usually starts underground

From the Garden

If your zucchini keeps rotting at the tip while still small in this heat, one watering swing is usually behind it

What it means when California towhees start scratching around your yard, and why you shouldn’t chase them off

If your pepper plants keep growing tall and bushy but drop every blossom in this heat, one feeding habit is usually behind it

Mulberries and Chickasaw Plums Are North Carolina Natives Almost Nobody Grows but Every Yard Should Have

The Fragrant Texas Plant Gardeners Are Adding by the Patio to Keep Ticks From Ever Latching On

In Bloom

How to live with the California skunk that quietly digs up the grubs and snails wrecking your lawn

If your pepper leaves keep curling upward and thickening in this heat, one watering swing is usually behind it

If your bell peppers keep sunburning with pale sunken patches in this heat, one pruning habit may be behind it

Gardener's Selection

What Carpenter Bees Around Your North Carolina Porch Are Really Telling You Before You Grab the Spray Can

The Florida Ground Cover That Can Lower Your Front Lawn Maintenance Costs After Establishment

The praying mantis eats the pests wrecking your California garden, but most homeowners clear away the exact spot it overwinters

These Texas Yard Habits May Be Keeping Scorpions Close – And Spraying Alone May Not Solve It

If your cucumbers keep drying out and wilting by afternoon in this heat, the container is usually the real culprit

The Potting Shed

If your cucumber vines stay small and slow in this heat, one thing worked into the soil gets them producing

How to support the alligator lizard in your California yard that quietly eats the snails and slugs wrecking your seedlings

If your cucumbers turn yellow and bloated on the vine in this heat, one harvest habit is usually behind it

Here’s What a Box Turtle Wandering Into Your North Carolina Garden Beds Is Really Telling You

The Native Texas Ground Covers That Outlast St. Augustine When the August Heat Dome Settles In

If your tomato plants keep growing lush and leafy but set almost no fruit in this heat, one feeding habit is usually behind it

The North Carolina Plants Being Banned in More Counties Before They Take Over Native Landscapes

The Texas Patio Plants That Shrug Off Full Sun and Radiating Concrete Heat All Summer

If your cucumbers taste bitter at harvest, one growing-season stress usually turns them that way

If your cucumber leaves keep scorching brown at the edges in this heat, the trouble usually starts underground

Here’s What It Really Means When Anoles Suddenly Vanish From Your North Carolina Garden

The Climbing Plants That Turn a Bare Texas Fence Into a Living Wall in a Single Season

Tomato Leaves Turning Yellow From the Bottom Up: How to Read the Pattern and Find the Real Cause

If your zucchini keeps flowering heavily but never sets fruit in this heat, the blossoms are your first diagnostic clue

The One Underrated Florida Perennial That Blooms Six Straight Months and Grows Wild Across the State

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Field Notes

Why North Carolina Gardeners Keep Lemongrass by the Patio (And What Actually Controls Mosquitoes)

What It Really Means When a Mockingbird Sings From the Same Spot in Your Florida Yard Every Morning

Plant These Yellow Perennials in Your Texas Garden Once and They Bloom Back Every Single Year

The Native Florida Ground Covers That Let You Opt Out Of Mulch Season For Good

If your cucumbers keep growing stubby and misshapen in this heat, the trouble usually starts at the flowers

If Your Cucumber Leaves Are Yellowing Between the Veins, Magnesium Is Worth Investigating – But It Is Not the Only Answer