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Eastern Redbud: A Native North Carolina Tree Worth Planting Alongside a Smarter Spotted Lanternfly Strategy

Spotted lanternflies are spreading across North Carolina, and homeowners are right to look for practical ways to fight…

By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 16

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If Your Cucumber Fruit Grows Fat at One End and Pinched at the Other in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

Pulling a cucumber off the vine only to find one end swollen and the other end narrow and…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 16

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The Most Underrated North Carolina Native Shrub That Blocks Ticks Along Your Wooded Backyard Edge

If you have a wooded backyard edge in North Carolina, you already know that spot is prime tick…

By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 16

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If Your Cucumber Leaves Turn Yellow From the Bottom Up While the Vine Keeps Growing in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

Watching the lower leaves on your cucumber vine turn yellow one by one can feel alarming, especially when…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 16

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The Most Underrated North Carolina Native Tree That Feeds Pollinators From Spring Right Through Fall

Somewhere in a pocosin thicket along the North Carolina Coastal Plain, a tree you have probably never heard…

By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 16

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If Your Pepper Plants Drop Every Blossom Before Fruit Sets While Nights Stay Warm, Here Is Why

You walk out to your pepper bed expecting to find tiny fruits forming under all those pretty white…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 16

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If Your Fall Broccoli Transplants Are Opening Yellow Flowers Instead of Forming a Tight Head in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

Watching your fall broccoli shoot up yellow flowers instead of forming a solid green head is one of…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 16

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What It Really Means When Praying Mantises Take Over Your North Carolina Yard This Summer

Walking out to your garden and spotting a dozen praying mantises perched on your tomato cages and shrubs…

By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 16

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If Your Okra Pods Turn Woody and Tough Before You Can Pick Them in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

Few things are more frustrating in a Southern garden than checking your okra in the morning and finding…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 16

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If Your Bean Plants Flower Heavily but the Pods Never Fill Out in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

You walk out to the garden expecting a big harvest, and instead you find a tangle of vines…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 15

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The Most Underrated North Carolina Native Shrub That Cuts Mosquitoes Down Around Your Patio

American beautyberry is a North Carolina native shrub that catches your eye every fall with clusters of vivid…

By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 15

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If Your Squash Plants Set Female Flowers but the Fruit Rots at the Tip in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

Watching a tiny squash turn soft and brown at the tip is one of the more frustrating sights…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 15

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The One Thing You Must Do To Crape Myrtles In North Carolina Before Fall Or Next Year’s Blooms Suffer

If you’ve heard that crape myrtles need a hard cutback before fall to bloom well next year, that…

By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 15

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If Your Pepper Leaves Curl and Cup Inward While the Fruit Stalls in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

August in a Southern garden can feel brutal, and pepper plants often show it first with leaves that…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 15

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If Your Tomato Leaves Curl Upward and Feel Leathery in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

Walking out to your tomato plants on a blazing August morning and finding the leaves curled up tight…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 15

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If Your Potted Tomatoes Stay Small and Weak While the Garden Ones Take Off, Here Is Why

Watching your neighbor’s garden tomatoes shoot up while yours sit in a pot looking pale and tired is…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 15

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If Your Tomato Plants Suddenly Stop Setting Fruit When Nights Stay Warm in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

Late summer can feel like a cruel joke for tomato gardeners: your plants are covered in flowers, but…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 15

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An Underused Coastal Plain Native Tree That Can Extend Summer Nectar for Pollinators

Most North Carolina gardeners looking to help pollinators reach for the usual suspects: coneflowers, black-eyed Susans, or a…

By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 15

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If Your Zucchini Leaves Turn Powdery White and Crisp in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

Seeing your zucchini leaves go from dusty white to brown and papery is one of those late-summer surprises…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 15

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What North Carolina Gardeners Do To Get Panicle Hydrangeas That Put On A Real Show By Late Summer

Few shrubs stop traffic in a North Carolina yard quite like a panicle hydrangea loaded with cone-shaped blooms…

By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 15

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If Your Cucumber Plants Turn Out Deformed, Nubbin Fruit in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

Pulling a small, twisted, or pinched cucumber off the vine is one of those frustrating late-summer surprises that…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 15

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If Your Cucumber Leaves Turn Yellow From the Bottom Up in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

Watching the lower leaves on your cucumber vines go yellow while the rest of the plant looks fine…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 15

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If Your Pepper Plants Grow Lush and Green but Refuse to Flower in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

Walking out to your garden in August and finding pepper plants bursting with thick green leaves but not…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 15

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If Your Tomato Plants Split Their Ripening Fruit Right on the Vine in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

Walking out to your garden and finding a nearly ripe tomato split wide open overnight is one of…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 15

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If Your Cucumber Fruits Turn Bitter and Puckered at the Stem End in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

Biting into a cucumber you grew yourself only to get a mouthful of bitterness is one of late…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 15

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If Your Cucumber Vines Wilt at Midday Even With Wet Soil in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

Watching a cucumber vine flop over at noon when the soil still feels damp is one of the…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 15

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If Your Bean Plants Flower Heavily but the Pods Stay Flat and Empty in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

You walk out to your garden expecting a bumper crop and instead find a wall of pretty white…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 15

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What It Really Means When Box Turtles Keep Showing Up in Your North Carolina Garden Beds This Summer

Spotting a box turtle tucked into your garden bed once is a surprise. Seeing one there again and…

By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 15

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If Your Okra Plants Grow Tall but the Pods Turn Woody and Tough in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

Okra is one of the South’s most reliable summer crops, but August has a way of turning a…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 15

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What It Really Means When Fire Ant Mounds Keep Popping Up in Your North Carolina Garden Beds This Summer

Finding a fresh dirt mound in your garden bed is one of those summer surprises that can stop…

By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 15

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If Your Eggplants Bloom All Summer but the Flowers Keep Dropping in Late Heat, Here Is Why

Watching your eggplant push out flower after flower all summer, only to see them fall off before a…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 14

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If Your Pepper Plants Stop Setting Fruit in Late-Summer Heat, One Overnight Problem Is Usually Behind It

Your pepper plants look healthy, the flowers keep coming, and yet nothing is turning into actual peppers. That…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 14

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What It Really Means When Katydids Start Taking Over Your North Carolina Yard This Late Summer

Step outside on a warm North Carolina night in late summer and you might feel like the trees…

By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 14

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If Your Squash Plants Suddenly Wilt and Collapse in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

Walking out to your garden and finding a squash plant that looked fine yesterday now drooping flat on…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 14

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If Your Tomato Plants Wilt Every Afternoon in Late-Summer Heat but Perk Up by Morning, Here Is Why

Watching your tomato plants droop in the afternoon heat can send any gardener into a panic, but that…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 14

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If Your Zucchini Plants Turn Out All Flowers and No Fruit in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

Staring at a zucchini plant loaded with bright yellow flowers and still no squash on the vine is…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 14

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What It Really Means When Carpenter Bees Are Hovering Around Your North Carolina Porch This Summer

Spotting large bees circling your porch on a hot North Carolina afternoon can feel alarming, especially when you…

By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 14

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If Your Cucumber Leaves Turn Yellow From the Bottom Up in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

Yellow leaves creeping up from the bottom of your cucumber plant are easy to misread, especially when the…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 14

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If Your Pepper Plants Suddenly Drop Their Leaves in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

Watching your pepper plants shed leaves during a scorching August heatwave is alarming, and your first instinct might…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 14

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What It Really Means When Wolf Spiders Start Showing Up Around Your North Carolina Yard This Late Summer

Spotting a large, fast-moving spider bolting across your patio or disappearing under the mulch can stop you cold,…

By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 14

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If Your Tomato Plants Grow Tall and Leafy but Set Almost No Fruit in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

Your tomato plants look fantastic from a distance, green and full and climbing toward the sun, yet the…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 14

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If Your Cucumber Plants Stop Producing New Fruit in Late-Summer Heat, One Pollination Problem Is Usually Behind It

Your cucumber vines are loaded with flowers, but the fruit just isn’t showing up. Before you pull the…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 14

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The Most Underrated North Carolina Native Vine That Crowds Out Weeds Along Fences Better Than English Ivy

English ivy looked like a smart fence solution until it started crawling into the woods, up the trees,…

By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 14

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If Your Hydrangeas Grow Big Leaves but No Flowers Right Now, One Pruning Mistake Is Usually Behind It

Staring at a hydrangea covered in lush green leaves but not a single bloom can be genuinely frustrating,…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 14

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What It Really Means When A Fox Keeps Showing Up In Your North Carolina Yard This Summer

Spotting a fox in your yard once is a surprise, but seeing one again and again starts to…

By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 14

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If Your Cucumber Vines Suddenly Wilt Overnight in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

Walking out to your garden and finding a cucumber vine that was thriving just yesterday lying flat and…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 14

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What It Really Means When Stink Bugs Start Showing Up Inside Your North Carolina Home This Summer

Spotting a stink bug crawling across your living room wall can be unsettling, especially when one turns into…

By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 14

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If Your Cucumber Leaves Curl Upward and Feel Leathery in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

Walking out to your cucumber patch on a scorching August morning to find the leaves cupped upward and…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 14

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If Your Zucchini Fruit Rots at the Blossom End in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

Few things are more discouraging than watching a zucchini you have been tending for weeks turn brown and…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 14

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If Your Tomatoes Split and Crack Open Right as They Ripen in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

Eastern Redbud: A Native North Carolina Tree Worth Planting Alongside a Smarter Spotted Lanternfly Strategy

If Your Cucumber Fruit Grows Fat at One End and Pinched at the Other in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

The Most Underrated North Carolina Native Shrub That Blocks Ticks Along Your Wooded Backyard Edge

If Your Cucumber Leaves Turn Yellow From the Bottom Up While the Vine Keeps Growing in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

The Most Underrated North Carolina Native Tree That Feeds Pollinators From Spring Right Through Fall

If Your Pepper Plants Drop Every Blossom Before Fruit Sets While Nights Stay Warm, Here Is Why

If Your Fall Broccoli Transplants Are Opening Yellow Flowers Instead of Forming a Tight Head in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

What It Really Means When Praying Mantises Take Over Your North Carolina Yard This Summer

If Your Okra Pods Turn Woody and Tough Before You Can Pick Them in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

If Your Bean Plants Flower Heavily but the Pods Never Fill Out in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

The Most Underrated North Carolina Native Shrub That Cuts Mosquitoes Down Around Your Patio

If Your Squash Plants Set Female Flowers but the Fruit Rots at the Tip in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

The One Thing You Must Do To Crape Myrtles In North Carolina Before Fall Or Next Year’s Blooms Suffer

If Your Pepper Leaves Curl and Cup Inward While the Fruit Stalls in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

If Your Tomato Leaves Curl Upward and Feel Leathery in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

If Your Potted Tomatoes Stay Small and Weak While the Garden Ones Take Off, Here Is Why

If Your Tomato Plants Suddenly Stop Setting Fruit When Nights Stay Warm in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

An Underused Coastal Plain Native Tree That Can Extend Summer Nectar for Pollinators

If Your Zucchini Leaves Turn Powdery White and Crisp in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

What North Carolina Gardeners Do To Get Panicle Hydrangeas That Put On A Real Show By Late Summer

If Your Cucumber Plants Turn Out Deformed, Nubbin Fruit in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

If Your Cucumber Leaves Turn Yellow From the Bottom Up in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

If Your Pepper Plants Grow Lush and Green but Refuse to Flower in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

If Your Tomato Plants Split Their Ripening Fruit Right on the Vine in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

If Your Cucumber Fruits Turn Bitter and Puckered at the Stem End in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

If Your Cucumber Vines Wilt at Midday Even With Wet Soil in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

If Your Bean Plants Flower Heavily but the Pods Stay Flat and Empty in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

What It Really Means When Box Turtles Keep Showing Up in Your North Carolina Garden Beds This Summer

If Your Okra Plants Grow Tall but the Pods Turn Woody and Tough in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

What It Really Means When Fire Ant Mounds Keep Popping Up in Your North Carolina Garden Beds This Summer

If Your Eggplants Bloom All Summer but the Flowers Keep Dropping in Late Heat, Here Is Why

If Your Pepper Plants Stop Setting Fruit in Late-Summer Heat, One Overnight Problem Is Usually Behind It

What It Really Means When Katydids Start Taking Over Your North Carolina Yard This Late Summer

If Your Squash Plants Suddenly Wilt and Collapse in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

If Your Tomato Plants Wilt Every Afternoon in Late-Summer Heat but Perk Up by Morning, Here Is Why

If Your Zucchini Plants Turn Out All Flowers and No Fruit in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

What It Really Means When Carpenter Bees Are Hovering Around Your North Carolina Porch This Summer

If Your Cucumber Leaves Turn Yellow From the Bottom Up in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

If Your Pepper Plants Suddenly Drop Their Leaves in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

What It Really Means When Wolf Spiders Start Showing Up Around Your North Carolina Yard This Late Summer

If Your Tomato Plants Grow Tall and Leafy but Set Almost No Fruit in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

If Your Cucumber Plants Stop Producing New Fruit in Late-Summer Heat, One Pollination Problem Is Usually Behind It

The Most Underrated North Carolina Native Vine That Crowds Out Weeds Along Fences Better Than English Ivy

If Your Hydrangeas Grow Big Leaves but No Flowers Right Now, One Pruning Mistake Is Usually Behind It

What It Really Means When A Fox Keeps Showing Up In Your North Carolina Yard This Summer

If Your Cucumber Vines Suddenly Wilt Overnight in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

What It Really Means When Stink Bugs Start Showing Up Inside Your North Carolina Home This Summer

If Your Cucumber Leaves Curl Upward and Feel Leathery in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why

If Your Zucchini Fruit Rots at the Blossom End in Late-Summer Heat, Here Is Why