How North Carolina Gardeners Can Adapt a Fig Wrap to Help Limit Winter Dieback
A fig tree that freezes back to the ground can cost you a year or more of fruit. Some gardeners build a supported, insulated wrap…
By Jasmine Hughes · Nov 5, 2026
In the Garden
The Harmless Florida Snake That Looks Like a Coral Snake in Your Garden Beds
Aria Moore F · Nov 5
Could a Dead Snag in Your Central Texas Yard Become Woodpecker Habitat? What to Know Before You Decide
Ella Brown T · Nov 5
Florida Firebush Can Offer Hummingbirds Late-Season Nectar
Aria Moore F · Nov 4
From the Garden
These 6 steps turn your geranium cuttings into a windowsill full of new plants for spring
One healthy geranium can give you a dozen new plants for free if you know where to snip. Taking cuttings in late fall or winter…
By Ethan Brooks · Nov 4
Iguanas Strip Florida Gardens Bare, and These 7 Plants Are the Ones They Leave Alone
By Aria Moore F · Nov 4
Alligator Lizards Under Your California Woodpile: Shelter, Slugs, and Safe Placement
By John Miller CA · Nov 4
Painted Buntings Arrive in Florida This Month, and These 7 Native Plants Keep Them Visiting Daily
By Aria Moore F · Nov 4
Can Your California City Make You Cut Down a Healthy Tree Because Its Roots Cracked the Sidewalk?
By John Miller CA · Nov 4
In Bloom
What's thriving right now.
These 8 Camellias Start Blooming First in North Carolina Yards and Stretch Your Winter Color for Months
Hang a Cedar Box Under Your Eaves Now and Screech Owls Will Hunt Mice Around Your Central Texas Home All Winter
By Ella Brown T
Snow peas in Florida and Texas gardens may give crunchy pods by late winter where November timing fits
By Ethan Brooks
Yellow leaves on your fall onion sets in November usually mean the bed is staying too wet, and raising it fixes the rot
By Ethan Brooks
Plant of the Week
Protecting Old-Wood Hydrangeas in North Carolina: A November Step That May Reduce Bud Loss
By November, your hydrangeas look like bare sticks, but some of them are already holding next summer’s flowers. Those hidden buds can be lost to...
By Jasmine Hughes · Nov 4, 2026
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Field Notes
Cool Fall Nights May Slow Cucumbers, but Bitter Fruit Has Other Possible Causes
Your fall cucumber vines were cranking out fruit, and then a cool snap hit. Now the growth has slowed and...
By Ethan Brooks on Nov 4
Is your amaryllis bulb sitting in a pot doing nothing? Here’s how to wake it up for Christmas blooms
A potted amaryllis bulb can look like a lump of nothing, even when it is ready to grow. With the...
By Ethan Brooks on Nov 4
Ragged Holes in Fall Lettuce: Caterpillars or Slugs? How to Tell Before You Treat
You walk out to your fall lettuce and find leaves chewed into ragged holes that were not there yesterday. Slugs...
By Ethan Brooks on Nov 4
Gray or brittle rosemary and thyme indoors? How to check the plant, the room, and the pot
Gray-looking rosemary and thyme can make any gardener worry that a winter herb is on its way out. But gray...
By Ethan Brooks on Nov 4
These 9 Native Shrubs Keep Birds Fed and Sheltered in Your North Carolina Yard All Winter
When the first hard freeze hits North Carolina, the bugs vanish and birds start hunting for food and a safe...
By Jasmine Hughes on Nov 4
Agarita in Central Texas: Yellow Winter Blooms Now, Tart Red Berries Later
Plenty of Central Texas yards have a dry, sunny corner that nothing seems to like. Agarita, a tough native shrub,...
By Ella Brown T on Nov 4