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Gardening Tips

Your Spider Plant’s Leaf Tips Turn Brown and Crispy — Here’s the Watering Slip Behind It

Your Fall Fig Tree Still Has Time to Ripen a Real Harvest — Here’s the Move That Gets It There

Bringing Houseplants Inside for Fall? These Common Ones Sneak Pests and Trouble Indoors With Them

Compost Tea for Tomatoes: A Modest Homemade Supplement, Not a Size Guarantee

Your Hummingbird Feeder Draws Wasps Before the Birds Even Arrive — Here’s the Quick Fix That Sends Them Packing

Scatter These Native Seeds Across a Bare North Carolina Slope This Fall for a Wildflower Wall by Spring

Your Hummingbird Feeder Turns Cloudy and May Ferment Within Days – Here’s the Cause Behind It and How to Keep the Nectar Fresh

The Most Underrated North Carolina Native That Blankets a Dry Slope Where Store-Bought Plants Just Fry and Die

Your Hummingbird Feeder Keeps Emptying but the Birds Won’t Come — Here’s the Hidden Thing Scaring Them Off

Your Fall Cilantro Bolts to Seed and Turns Bitter Almost Overnight — Here’s the Warmth Slip Behind It

Bluebirds Stick Around North Carolina Yards All Winter When You Give Them This One Thing Now

Your Potted Hydrangea Looks Limp and Worn Out — Here’s the Quick Move That Perks It Right Back Up

Why Your Peace Lily Leaves Are Turning Black at the Tips and Edges – and How to Diagnose the Problem

Beautyberry Feeds North Carolina Songbirds Into Winter While Everyone Else Rips It Out as a Weed

Your Hydrangea Looks Tired and Droopy This Fall — Here’s the Simple Recovery Move It’s Been Waiting For

Green Anoles Are Crowding North Carolina Porch Containers This Fall, and Here’s the Hidden Buffet Drawing Them In

The Worst Time to Water Your Garden Is Wasting Half of Every Drop — Here’s When to Do It Right

Your Fall Cauliflower Heads Turn Loose and Ricey Instead of Tight and White — Here’s the Heat Slip Behind It

Box Turtles Lay Their Eggs in North Carolina Garden Beds This Fall, and Here’s Where to Watch Your Shovel

Crabgrass Keeps Taking Over Your Lawn Because of One Condition Underneath — Here’s How to Stop It for Good

These 8 Easy Perennials Fill Your Beds With Color and Barely Ask for Any Work

Your Hummingbirds Suddenly Stopped Visiting This Fall — Here’s the Feeder Change Driving Them Off

Your Christmas Cactus Isn’t Dying – Here’s the Recovery Routine That Loads It With Holiday Blooms

Your Hummingbird Feeder Sugar Water Is Driving Birds Off — Here’s What to Fill It With Instead

Your Clematis Barely Bloomed This Year – Take These Semi-Ripe Cuttings Now and You May Have New Vines to Pot by Spring

Your Fig Tree Puts Out Leafy Branches but Barely Sets Fruit — Here’s the Fall Pruning Cut That Fixes It

Spotted Lanternfly Nymphs Cluster on This Named North Carolina Tree Before Anything Else in the Yard

If Weeds Keep Filling the Shady Ground Under Your Trees, This Flowering Cover Blankets It Beautifully

Spotted Lanternfly Egg Masses Are Sticking to North Carolina Tree Bark Now, and Scraping Them Off This Fall Stops Next Year’s Swarm

Your Fall Swiss Chard Leaves Get Chewed to Lace Overnight – Here’s the Slug Trail Behind It

Your Fall Kohlrabi Grows a Woody, Cracked Bulb Instead of a Crisp One — Here’s the Watering Swing Behind It

Spotted Lanternfly Adults Are on North Carolina Grapevines This September – How to Reduce Local Pressure Now

Your Kale Leaves Are Curling Under and Getting Sticky as Aphids Pile Up on the Undersides This Fall

Your Fall Mums Fade Fast Because You Planted Them at the Wrong Time — Here’s the Window That Keeps Them Blooming

Zinnias Are Blooming Now but a Powdery White Film Is Creeping Across the Leaves – Here’s What Stops It

Skip Leyland Cypress Along Your North Carolina Property Line and Plant This Native Screen That Won’t Blight and Die

Before You Toss That Woody Sage Plant, One Fall Cut Brings It Back Full and Fragrant

Spotted Lanternfly Is Spreading in North Carolina Yards, and Tree-of-Heaven Is One Reason They Keep Gathering

Your Amaryllis Bulb Sends Up Leaves but Never a Flower Stalk Indoors — Here’s the Rest It’s Missing

Overseeding Your Fall Lawn but the Grass Seed Just Won’t Sprout — Here’s the Planting Slip Behind It

Green Slime Keeps Coming Back on Your Porch and Patio Every Season — Here’s the Cheap Fix That Clears It

Box Turtles Keep Showing Up in North Carolina Garden Beds Because Your Soil Is Doing Something Right

Your Houseplant Leaves Are Turning Purple This Fall – Here’s the One Cause Behind It and How to Reverse It

Spotted Lanternfly Is Spreading Through North Carolina Yards Because of One Tree Already Growing There

Digging Up Your Fall Radishes Only to Find Cracked, Split Roots Instead of Smooth Ones? Here’s Why

Warning Signs Snakes May Have Passed Through Your Yard – What to Look For Before You Ever See One

The Crape Myrtle Spacing Mistake North Carolina Gardeners Make That Turns a Row Into a Tangled Mess

Yellow Jackets Are Swarming Your Grape Harvest and Feasting Before You Can Pick — Here’s How to Drive Them Off

Your Fall Carrots Split Down the Middle Right as You Pull Them — Here’s the Watering Swing Behind It

What Those Red Seed Pods on Your North Carolina Magnolia Are Really Telling You This September