In the Garden

How Fire Ants Form Living Rafts When Floodwater Inundates a Florida Nest

Florida Gardening

How Fire Ants Form Living Rafts When Floodwater Inundates a Florida Nest

Picture a dark, shimmering mat drifting across floodwater, and then realize it is made of thousands of ants holding on to one another. Red imported…

By Aria Moore F · Nov 10, 2026

Florida Gardening

Why Muhly Grass Turns Many Florida Yards Into Clouds of Pink Each Fall

Aria Moore F · Nov 10

If a Western Screech-Owl Is Trilling in Your California Yard at Night, It’s Hunting the Moths and Mice Around Your Beds

John Miller CA · Nov 10

Why Fall Pea Seedlings Yellow and Stall: Is Wet Soil One Possible Cause?

Ethan Brooks · Nov 10

From the Garden

Growing notes from every corner of the plot.

The One Thing North Carolina Gardeners Should Do Now So Next Summer’s Cucumbers Keep Producing Into Fall

The One Thing North Carolina Gardeners Should Do Now So Next Summer’s Cucumbers Keep Producing Into Fall

Every summer, lots of North Carolina cucumber vines quit early, turning yellow and limp just when you want more pickles. Much of that trouble starts…

By Jasmine Hughes · Nov 10

Texas Gardening

Turk’s Cap Along a Central Texas Fence Can Offer Hummingbirds Fall Nectar

By Ella Brown T · Nov 10

Orange Pustules Point to Garlic Rust, but Purple Leaf Blotches Need a Closer Look

By Ethan Brooks · Nov 10

Deer start chewing your fall vegetable beds harder in November, and a simple fishing-line fence keeps them out

By Ethan Brooks · Nov 10

What It Means When a Great Horned Owl Starts Hooting Near Your California Yard This Winter

By John Miller CA · Nov 10

In Bloom

What's thriving right now.

Yellow Blotches and Gray Fuzz on Fall Spinach May Be Downy Mildew, and Cool, Damp Conditions Can Favor It

Yellow Blotches and Gray Fuzz on Fall Spinach May Be Downy Mildew, and Cool, Damp Conditions Can Favor It

By Ethan Brooks

Suitable Dry Zinnia and Marigold Heads in Your North Carolina Garden May Give You Seeds to Try Growing Next Year

Suitable Dry Zinnia and Marigold Heads in Your North Carolina Garden May Give You Seeds to Try Growing Next Year

By Jasmine Hughes

Gulf Muhly Goes Brown After Its Fall Bloom in Texas, and Here’s When to Cut It Back

Texas Gardening

Gulf Muhly Goes Brown After Its Fall Bloom in Texas, and Here’s When to Cut It Back

By Ella Brown T

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Pacific Tree Frogs Calling From Your California Garden After Rain Are Eating the Slugs on Your Lettuce

Pacific Tree Frogs Calling From Your California Garden After Rain Are Eating the Slugs on Your Lettuce

By John Miller CA

Onion Transplants in Texas and Florida: Why Day Length Matters for Bulbs, Not Bolting

Onion Transplants in Texas and Florida: Why Day Length Matters for Bulbs, Not Bolting

By Ethan Brooks

Snapdragons in Texas and Florida Beds: Should You Pinch Them for Fuller Growth?

Snapdragons in Texas and Florida Beds: Should You Pinch Them for Fuller Growth?

By Ethan Brooks

Why North Carolina Gardeners Who Bait Fire Ants Before Winter Get Fewer Mounds Next Spring

Why North Carolina Gardeners Who Bait Fire Ants Before Winter Get Fewer Mounds Next Spring

By Jasmine Hughes

Your Florida Citrus Leaves Turn Yellow in Winter, and Pruning Isn’t What Fixes Them

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Florida Gardening

Your Florida Citrus Leaves Turn Yellow in Winter, and Pruning Isn’t What Fixes Them

Yellow leaves on a backyard orange, lemon, or grapefruit tree can make any Florida gardener reach for the pruners or a bag of fertilizer. Neither...

By Aria Moore F · Nov 10, 2026

The Potting Shed

Your California Winter Vegetable Garden Checklist, From Coastal Fog Belt to Inland Valley Heat

Your California Winter Vegetable Garden Checklist, From Coastal Fog Belt to Inland Valley Heat

Texas Gardening

The Texas Shrubs You Can Plant Right Next to Your House Without Cracking the Foundation

Garlic leaves turning yellow at the tips in November usually mean the cloves are sitting in soggy soil

Does Garlic Need Chilling in Texas and Florida? What Rounds Really Mean

Does Garlic Need Chilling in Texas and Florida? What Rounds Really Mean

These California Native Shrubs Thrive in Rock-Hard Clay That Floods Every Winter

8 vegetables you can still sow this November and be picking before spring arrives

These 8 Trees and Shrubs North Carolina Gardeners Prune in November, Plus 4 They Never Touch

These 8 Trees and Shrubs North Carolina Gardeners Prune in November, Plus 4 They Never Touch

Texas Gardening

What to Do With All Those Acorns Piling Up on Your Central Texas Lawn This Fall

These 8 plants quietly stunt your peppers when you grow them too close

This Native North Carolina Perennial Thrives in the Soggy, Sunny Spot Where Everything Else Rots

This Native North Carolina Perennial Thrives in the Soggy, Sunny Spot Where Everything Else Rots

Texas Gardening

Your Texas Rose Bushes Don’t Need a Hard Cut This Fall in Central Texas, and Here’s What to Do Instead

Limp Christmas cactus segments can have several causes, and checking soil moisture and roots helps you find the problem

These 9 flowers still go in the ground this November and bloom bigger next spring

These 9 flowers still go in the ground this November and bloom bigger next spring

The One Hydrangea Job North Carolina Gardeners Finish Before Hard Frost Without Touching Old Wood: Winter Bud Protection for Bigleaf Hydrangeas

Texas Gardening

What to Do When Your Texas Shrub Blackens After a Freeze Before You Cut

Field Notes

Your fig tree needs these few steps before the first frost hits, or winter kills it back to the ground

Your fig tree needs these few steps before the first frost hits, or winter kills it back to the ground

A fig tree can look lush and happy all summer, then turn into a pile of black, mushy stems after...

By Ethan Brooks on Nov 10

What Florida Law Actually Lets You Do When a Neighbor’s Tree Drops Limbs on Your Yard

Florida Gardening

What Florida Law Actually Lets You Do When a Neighbor’s Tree Drops Limbs on Your Yard

A big oak limb lands in your yard after a storm, and it clearly came from next door. Who hauls...

By Aria Moore F on Nov 10

Gray Catbirds Just Arrived in Florida, and These 7 Native Shrubs Give Them Winter Cover and Berries

Florida Gardening

Gray Catbirds Just Arrived in Florida, and These 7 Native Shrubs Give Them Winter Cover and Berries

A soft, catlike call from the hedge may mean a gray catbird has settled into your Florida yard. Many arrive...

By Aria Moore F on Nov 9

What to do with your Christmas cactus in November so it’s packed with buds by the holidays

What to do with your Christmas cactus in November so it’s packed with buds by the holidays

It is November, and you are peering at your holiday cactus, hoping to spot little buds. Whether you see a...

By Ethan Brooks on Nov 9

Why Your Bird of Paradise Grows Huge but Never Flowers: Is Light the Missing Piece in Your California Yard?

Why Your Bird of Paradise Grows Huge but Never Flowers: Is Light the Missing Piece in Your California Yard?

A bird of paradise with big, glossy leaves looks healthy, so it is confusing when no flowers ever show up....

By John Miller CA on Nov 9

Vinyl Fences Yellow and Crack Under Florida Sun, so These 7 Native Shrubs Make a Living Privacy Screen Instead

Florida Gardening

Vinyl Fences Yellow and Crack Under Florida Sun, so These 7 Native Shrubs Make a Living Privacy Screen Instead

A fence should hide the neighbor’s patio, not become another repair job. Florida sun can fade or damage some vinyl...

By Aria Moore F on Nov 9