In the Garden

If Your Zucchini Grows Huge Leaves but Never Sets Fruit in the Heat, One Hidden Mistake Is Usually to Blame

Gardening Tips

If Your Zucchini Grows Huge Leaves but Never Sets Fruit in the Heat, One Hidden Mistake Is Usually to Blame

Your zucchini plant looks fantastic from a distance, sprawling and leafy like something out of a seed catalog, but there is not a single zucchini…

By Ethan Brooks · Jul 22, 2026

The Most Underrated North Carolina Native Shrub That Turns Your Yard’s Edge Into a Tick Barrier

Jasmine Hughes · Jul 22

Florida Gardening

The Right Way to Prune Your Florida Plumeria So Every Cut Supports Better Blooms

Aria Moore F · Jul 22

Texas Gardening

The Texas Flowers That Bring Hummingbird Hawk-Moths Hovering Over Your Garden at Dusk

Ella Brown T · Jul 22

From the Garden

Growing notes from every corner of the plot.

If Your Tomatoes Are Growing Tall but Setting No Fruit in the Heat, One Feeding Habit Is Usually to Blame

Gardening Tips

If Your Tomatoes Are Growing Tall but Setting No Fruit in the Heat, One Feeding Habit Is Usually to Blame

Walking out to a tomato plant that looks lush and tall but has almost nothing to show for it is one of the most frustrating…

By Ethan Brooks · Jul 22

Gardening Tips

If Your Cucumber Vines Wilt by Afternoon but Bounce Back by Morning, the Trouble Is Already in the Roots

By Ethan Brooks · Jul 22

Gardening Tips

If Your Cucumber Leaves Turn Yellow From the Bottom Up in the Heat, the Cause Is Usually Below the Soil

By Ethan Brooks · Jul 22

Gardening Tips

If Your Pepper Plants Keep Dropping Blossoms in the Heat, One Watering Swing Is Usually to Blame

By Ethan Brooks · Jul 22

Gardening Tips

If Your Zucchini Sets Fruit That Rots Before It Grows, the Trouble Starts Before the Bloom Opens

By Ethan Brooks · Jul 22

In Bloom

What's thriving right now.

Why Your Pepper Plants Are Bushy but Dropping Every Flower: Midsummer Heat Is Often the First Place to Look

Gardening Tips

Why Your Pepper Plants Are Bushy but Dropping Every Flower: Midsummer Heat Is Often the First Place to Look

By Ethan Brooks

If Your Cucumbers Taste Bitter in the Heat, One Watering Habit Is Usually to Blame

Gardening Tips

If Your Cucumbers Taste Bitter in the Heat, One Watering Habit Is Usually to Blame

By Ethan Brooks

The Meaning Behind Seeing a Cardinal Land in Your North Carolina Yard

Gardening Tips

The Meaning Behind Seeing a Cardinal Land in Your North Carolina Yard

By Jasmine Hughes

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The Fire-Resistant Texas Groundcovers That Belong Against Your House Instead of Bark Mulch

Texas Gardening

The Fire-Resistant Texas Groundcovers That Belong Against Your House Instead of Bark Mulch

By Ella Brown T

Your Christmas Cactus Leaves Go Limp – the Real Fix Usually Starts Below the Surface

Gardening Tips

Your Christmas Cactus Leaves Go Limp – the Real Fix Usually Starts Below the Surface

By Ethan Brooks

10 Reasons North Carolina Gardeners Are Finally Planting Lemongrass This Summer

Gardening Tips

10 Reasons North Carolina Gardeners Are Finally Planting Lemongrass This Summer

By Jasmine Hughes

Where to Plant Bird of Paradise in Your Florida Yard So It Grows Into a Dramatic Tropical Focal Point

Florida Gardening

Where to Plant Bird of Paradise in Your Florida Yard So It Grows Into a Dramatic Tropical Focal Point

By Aria Moore F

What It Really Means When a Gray Fox Starts Crossing Your Texas Yard at Dusk

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Texas Gardening

What It Really Means When a Gray Fox Starts Crossing Your Texas Yard at Dusk

Spotting a gray fox trotting through your Texas yard at dusk once feels like a lucky surprise. Seeing it happen night after night starts to...

By Ella Brown T · Jul 22, 2026

The Potting Shed

8 Native Florida Plants That Replace Your Lawn and Look Better by Next Summer

Florida Gardening

8 Native Florida Plants That Replace Your Lawn and Look Better by Next Summer

Gardening Tips

Your Potted Geraniums Sulk When the Feeding Is Off – Here’s the Fertilizer Routine That Wakes Them Up

Florida Gardening

The Florida Native Edibles That Grow Real Food in Containers and Look Good on Any Porch

What To Do With Your Florida Plumeria In July So It Peaks Through the Rainy Season

Florida Gardening

What To Do With Your Florida Plumeria In July So It Peaks Through the Rainy Season

Florida Gardening

July Nights Are Peak Firefly Season in Florida – Here’s What Actually Brings Them to Your Yard

Gardening Tips

Your Hydrangeas Don’t Need More Water – They Need the Right Watering Rhythm in the Heat

The Night-Blooming Texas Plants That Pull In Bats and Thin Out the Mosquito Swarms After Dark

Texas Gardening

The Night-Blooming Texas Plants That Pull In Bats and Thin Out the Mosquito Swarms After Dark

Gardening Tips

Your Hydrangeas Suddenly Quit Flowering – One Wrong Care Habit Is Usually Behind It

Gardening Tips

Your Cucumbers Are Growing Big Vines but Setting Almost No Fruit – One Feeding Change Flips It

Your Pepper Flowers Keep Dropping in the July Heat – Warm Nights May Be a Likely Culprit, But Inspect First

Gardening Tips

Your Pepper Flowers Keep Dropping in the July Heat – Warm Nights May Be a Likely Culprit, But Inspect First

Texas Gardening

Plant These Blue Perennials in Your Texas Garden Once and They Come Back Every Single Year

Gardening Tips

Your Zucchini Rots at the Tip Before It Grows – It’s Not Disease, It’s a Pollination Gap

The Low-Water Native Plants Quietly Taking Over Florida Front Yards While the Turf Struggles This Summer

Florida Gardening

The Low-Water Native Plants Quietly Taking Over Florida Front Yards While the Turf Struggles This Summer

Texas Gardening

The Things You Should Never Do to Texas Lantana No Matter What the Internet Tells You

Gardening Tips

If Your Cucumber Leaves Are Yellowing Between the Veins in Peak Heat, It’s Not Just Thirst – It’s a Feeding Gap

Field Notes

Your Tomato Leaves Are Curling Upward in the Heat – It’s Not Disease, It’s the Plant Protecting Itself

Gardening Tips

Your Tomato Leaves Are Curling Upward in the Heat – It’s Not Disease, It’s the Plant Protecting Itself

Walking out to the garden on a scorching July afternoon and finding your tomato leaves curled tightly upward can feel...

By Ethan Brooks on Jul 21

When Cucumber Vines Wilt in Midsummer Despite Watering, Bacterial Wilt May Be the Reason

Gardening Tips

When Cucumber Vines Wilt in Midsummer Despite Watering, Bacterial Wilt May Be the Reason

Walking out to your cucumber bed on a hot July morning and finding a vine that looks completely collapsed is...

By Ethan Brooks on Jul 21

The Fragrant Texas Plant That Shrugs Off Triple-Digit Heat and Perfumes Your Patio Till October

Texas Gardening

The Fragrant Texas Plant That Shrugs Off Triple-Digit Heat and Perfumes Your Patio Till October

Most Texas patios in July feel more like a punishment than a retreat, but one native shrub quietly thrives through...

By Ella Brown T on Jul 21

Your Tomatoes Split Open Right After You Water – It’s Not Just the Watering, It’s the Moisture Swing

Gardening Tips

Your Tomatoes Split Open Right After You Water – It’s Not Just the Watering, It’s the Moisture Swing

Few gardening moments sting quite like walking out to your garden and finding a beautiful, almost-ripe tomato split wide open....

By Ethan Brooks on Jul 21

What Your Texas Esperanza Needs Through the August Heat to Keep Blooming Into October

Texas Gardening

What Your Texas Esperanza Needs Through the August Heat to Keep Blooming Into October

August in Texas is no joke for any plant, and your esperanza is no exception. The good news is that...

By Ella Brown T on Jul 21

Your Pepper Plants Are Loaded With Leaves but Almost No Peppers – Here’s the One Feeding Change That Flips It

Gardening Tips

Your Pepper Plants Are Loaded With Leaves but Almost No Peppers – Here’s the One Feeding Change That Flips It

You planted your peppers with high hopes, and now the plants are thriving – just not in the way you...

By Ethan Brooks on Jul 21