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Gardening Tips

Your Hydrangea Flower Buds Are Already Set for Next Summer, and Winter Wind Kills Them Unless You Protect the Stems Now

Your Daylilies Come Back Thicker Next Spring When You Do These Two Quick Jobs Before Winter

Blueberry Bushes Look Done for the Year, but Fall Care Can Help Protect Next Summer’s Potential Crop

Why Healthy Potted Geraniums Barely Bloom: Check Heat, Light, and the Pot

Your Fig Tree Is All Leaves and Barely Any Figs, and These Fall Fixes Turn Next Year Around

Where Copperheads Hide in North Carolina Yards This Fall and How to Spot Them Before You Reach In

Overfeeding May Be One Reason Your Geraniums Stay Leafy With Few Blooms, and Smarter Feeding Can Help Support Flowering

Your Hostas Look Ragged and Yellow Right Now, but Fall Care Decides How Full They Return in Spring

Could a Salamander Be Beneath Your Leaf Pile? How to Rake Gently in North Carolina

Pruning Your Hydrangeas This Fall Feels Tidy, but It Quietly Cuts Off Next Summer’s Flowers

Moles Keep Tunneling Through Your Lawn This Fall, and Your Kitchen Cupboard Already Holds What Drives Them Off

The One Thing North Carolina Gardeners Must Do to Bearded Irises Before Winter or Spring Blooms Disappear

Your Beets Grow Fatter Roots When These Neighbors Share the Bed, and a Few Others Keep Them Puny

Skip the English Ivy on Your North Carolina Fence: Try Crossvine, a Native Vine That Is Often Leafy in Winter

Your Spring Tomatoes Grow Bigger When You Feed the Bed These Single Kitchen Scraps This Fall

Your Hydrangeas Flower Better Next Summer When You Do These 3 Fall Jobs and Skip 2 Common Mistakes

Your Hostas Bounce Back Bigger Next Spring When You Do These Two Things Before Winter

Stink Bugs on Your Porch and Windows This Fall? What Actually Helps (and Why a Kitchen Spray Falls Short)

Why Your Fall Beets Have Big Leafy Tops and Tiny Roots: Diagnostic Steps and Possible Adjustments

Some Healthy, Well-Draining Used Potting Mix May Be Refreshed for Reuse in Next Season’s Pots

Root Basil Cuttings Before Cold Hits to Start an Indoor Plant This Winter

What North Carolina Muscadine Vines Need This Fall to Stay Healthy for Next Year

Those Brown Lawn Rings After Rain Could Be Fairy Rings, and Here Is What They Can Tell You About Your Soil

Before You Knock Down Those Joro Spider Webs in Your North Carolina Yard, Here’s What They’re Catching

Mowing a Light Layer of Leaves Can Recycle Them and Cut Collection, but It Won’t Replace Lawn Care

Your Garlic Bulbs Come Up Small Next Summer When You Make These 12 Planting Mistakes This Fall

What It Really Means When Woolly Bear Caterpillars Start Crossing Your North Carolina Yard This Fall

Lawn Mushrooms After Rain Can Signal Fungal Activity and Moisture, but Don’t Measure Soil Health

Snake Plant Looking Thin? Group Rooted Offsets for a Fuller Pot

These Cool-Season Vegetables North Carolina Gardeners Still Plant in October for Harvests All Winter

Your Fall Vegetable Beds Pay You Back Double Next Year When You Feed Them One of These 12 Things Now

The Native North Carolina Shrubs You Plant Once and They Hide Your AC Unit and Trash Cans for Good

Are Stink Bugs Marring Your Fall Tomatoes and Peppers, and Does a Nearby Herb Help?

Take Geranium Cuttings Before Damaging Cold to Add Plants for Next Season

American Beautyberry: A Native North Carolina Shrub for Fall Birds, and a Closer Look at Chinese Privet

Your Peace Lily Has Crispy Brown Tips: Could Tap Water Be a Factor?

Wait to Cut Back Hostas Until the Leaves Have Truly Faded

Leafy Fig Tree With No Fruit? A Fall-to-Spring Plan to Find the Cause and Improve Your Chances

Could Fertilizer Be Why Your Potted Geraniums Stop Blooming in Fall?

Your Fig Tree Looks Healthy but Gives You Zero Figs, and It’s Usually Missing One Thing

Your Hydrangeas Bloom Twice as Heavy Next Summer When You Fix These Few Things This Fall

Your Geraniums Don’t Belong in the Trash This Fall, and Here’s How to Keep Them Alive Until Spring

These Cold Hardy Fig Varieties Actually Survive North Carolina Winters and Still Load Up With Fruit

Fall Pansies Nibbled Overnight? Damage Patterns Can Help Narrow Down the Likely Feeder

The Underrated North Carolina Native Sedges That Carpet the Dry Shade Under Your Oaks Where Grass Keeps Dying

Hydrangea Lush but Not Blooming? How to Troubleshoot the Possible Causes

Your Rosemary Keeps Growing All Winter When You Snip These Cuttings Before the First Frost

Late-Winter Blueberry Pruning in North Carolina: Timing, Cuts, and Realistic Expectations

Weeds Keep Taking Over Your Bare Beds, and This Pretty Groundcover Smothers Them Before Spring

Why Potted Mums Wilt by Afternoon and How to Check Whether They Need Water