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What To Do With Your Florida Gardenias Right Now So They Keep Blooming All Summer

Florida Gardening

What To Do With Your Florida Gardenias Right Now So They Keep Blooming All Summer

Gardenias have a way of making their feelings known. When they are happy, the whole yard fills with that unmistakable scent, and when something is…

By Aria Moore F · Jul 23, 2026

Tomato Leaves Curling and Fruit Sunburning? A Recent Fertilizer Overapplication May Be One Piece of a Bigger Puzzle

Ethan Brooks · Jul 23

North Carolina Bluebirds Come Back Every Spring – Here’s How to Get Them Nesting in Your Yard

Jasmine Hughes · Jul 23

Texas Gardening

What Seeing More Fireflies Than Usual Is Really Telling You About Your Texas Garden

Ella Brown T · Jul 23

From the Garden

Growing notes from every corner of the plot.

If Your Cucumber Plants Grow Huge Vines but Barely Any Cucumbers in the Heat, One Feeding Habit Is Usually to Blame

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If Your Cucumber Plants Grow Huge Vines but Barely Any Cucumbers in the Heat, One Feeding Habit Is Usually to Blame

Watching a cucumber plant explode into a tangle of thick vines and broad leaves is exciting, right up until you realize there are almost no…

By Ethan Brooks · Jul 23

Gardening Tips

If Your Zucchini Flowers but Never Sets Fruit in the Heat, One Pollination Habit Is Usually to Blame

By Ethan Brooks · Jul 23

Gardening Tips

9 Native North Carolina Plants That Bring Fireflies Back to Your Backyard This Summer

By Jasmine Hughes · Jul 23

Texas Gardening

The Backyard Habits That Turn Your Texas Garden Into a Painted Bunting’s Regular Summer Stop

By Ella Brown T · Jul 23

Gardening Tips

If Your Cucumber Vines Wilt at Midday Even in Damp Soil, One Hidden Culprit Is Usually to Blame

By Ethan Brooks · Jul 23

In Bloom

What's thriving right now.

If Your Tomatoes Stall Out in the Late-July Heat, One Feeding Fix Usually Gets Them Moving Again

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If Your Tomatoes Stall Out in the Late-July Heat, One Feeding Fix Usually Gets Them Moving Again

By Ethan Brooks

The Native North Carolina Alternatives That Belong Along Your Walkway Instead of Liriope

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The Native North Carolina Alternatives That Belong Along Your Walkway Instead of Liriope

By Jasmine Hughes

What It Really Means When Blue Jays Keep Turning Up in Your Texas Yard All Summer

Texas Gardening

What It Really Means When Blue Jays Keep Turning Up in Your Texas Yard All Summer

By Ella Brown T

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Sudden Squash Wilt Could Signal a Vine Borer – Here Is How to Tell

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Sudden Squash Wilt Could Signal a Vine Borer – Here Is How to Tell

By Ethan Brooks

The One Thing Your North Carolina Tomatoes Need Right Now or Blossom End Rot Wrecks the Harvest

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The One Thing Your North Carolina Tomatoes Need Right Now or Blossom End Rot Wrecks the Harvest

By Jasmine Hughes

The Native Florida Plants Worth Getting in the Ground This Week While the Rain Waters Them

Florida Gardening

The Native Florida Plants Worth Getting in the Ground This Week While the Rain Waters Them

By Aria Moore F

Do This to Your Texas Esperanza in Late July and It May Help Keep Blooms Coming Into November

Texas Gardening

Do This to Your Texas Esperanza in Late July and It May Help Keep Blooms Coming Into November

By Ella Brown T

If Your Cucumber Leaves Turn Silvery and Speckled in the Heat, One Sneaky Pest Is Usually Feeding Underneath

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If Your Cucumber Leaves Turn Silvery and Speckled in the Heat, One Sneaky Pest Is Usually Feeding Underneath

Walking out to your cucumber patch on a hot afternoon and finding the leaves looking pale, silvery, or speckled can stop you in your tracks....

By Ethan Brooks · Jul 23, 2026

The Potting Shed

Big Cucumber Harvests Can Start With One Ingredient You Already Have in the Kitchen

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Big Cucumber Harvests Can Start With One Ingredient You Already Have in the Kitchen

Gardening Tips

If Your Peppers Stay Green and Never Ripen in the Heat, the Trouble Starts Before the Fruit Even Colors

Gardening Tips

If Your Potted Tomatoes Stay Small and Slow in the Heat, One Container Mistake Is Usually to Blame

If Your Zucchini Rots at the Blossom End Before It Ripens in the Heat, One Watering Habit Is Usually to Blame

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If Your Zucchini Rots at the Blossom End Before It Ripens in the Heat, One Watering Habit Is Usually to Blame

Gardening Tips

If Your Pepper Leaves Curl and Cup Upward in the Heat but Pests Are Nowhere in Sight, the Cause Is Usually How You Water

Gardening Tips

Bitter Cucumbers and Tough Ends in the Heat: How Uneven Watering May Be Contributing

If You Spot This Bug in Your North Carolina Yard, Don’t Touch It – Here’s Why

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If You Spot This Bug in Your North Carolina Yard, Don’t Touch It – Here’s Why

Texas Gardening

The Native Texas Plants That Shrug Off Our Weather Because They Already Know How Texas Behaves

Gardening Tips

If Your Tomatoes Get Pale Sunken Patches on the Sunny Side in the Heat, Aggressive Foliage Removal Can Raise the Risk

More Bats in Your North Carolina Yard Means Fewer Mosquitoes – Here’s How to Bring Them In

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More Bats in Your North Carolina Yard Means Fewer Mosquitoes – Here’s How to Bring Them In

Florida Gardening

This Is How Florida Gardeners Keep Their Plumeria Blooming From Summer Straight Into Fall

Texas Gardening

What a Yard Full of Green Anoles Is Really Telling You About Your Texas Garden This Summer

What To Do With Your Florida Bougainvillea Now So It Blooms Nonstop All Summer

Florida Gardening

What To Do With Your Florida Bougainvillea Now So It Blooms Nonstop All Summer

Gardening Tips

If Your Pepper Plants Grow Bushy but Set No Pods in the Heat, One Feeding Swing Is Usually to Blame

Florida Gardening

How Florida Gardeners Actually Get Desert Rose Cuttings to Root When Most Guides Fail Them

Field Notes

The Native Florida Privacy Plants That Screen Your Yard Without Bamboo Taking Over

Florida Gardening

The Native Florida Privacy Plants That Screen Your Yard Without Bamboo Taking Over

Bamboo can make a fast wall, but in Florida it can also become a yard problem that keeps spreading. Native...

By Aria Moore F on Jul 22

The Native Florida Plants Fueling the 2026 Pollinator Garden Trend – and Why the Old Nectar Beds Are Fading

Florida Gardening

The Native Florida Plants Fueling the 2026 Pollinator Garden Trend – and Why the Old Nectar Beds Are Fading

Florida gardens are changing fast, and bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds are part of the reason. Many gardeners are moving away...

By Aria Moore F on Jul 22

If Your Cucumbers Turn Yellow and Mushy on the Vine in Midsummer Heat, One Watering Habit Is Usually to Blame

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If Your Cucumbers Turn Yellow and Mushy on the Vine in Midsummer Heat, One Watering Habit Is Usually to Blame

Walking out to your cucumber patch and finding a soft, yellow fruit hanging on the vine is genuinely discouraging, especially...

By Ethan Brooks on Jul 22

Here’s What It Means When Hawks Keep Circling Back to Your North Carolina Yard

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Here’s What It Means When Hawks Keep Circling Back to Your North Carolina Yard

Spotting a hawk once in your yard is a treat, but when the same bird keeps showing up day after...

By Jasmine Hughes on Jul 22

The Texas Plants That Keep Roaches From Ever Reaching Your House and Look Good Doing It

Texas Gardening

The Texas Plants That Keep Roaches From Ever Reaching Your House and Look Good Doing It

Roaches love a Texas summer just as much as we hate them, and once the heat climbs into the triple...

By Ella Brown T on Jul 22

If Your Cucumber Plants Look Lush but Never Fill Out Their Fruit, One Feeding Swing Is Usually to Blame

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If Your Cucumber Plants Look Lush but Never Fill Out Their Fruit, One Feeding Swing Is Usually to Blame

You planted cucumbers expecting a steady harvest, but instead you have a jungle of dark-green vines and almost nothing worth...

By Ethan Brooks on Jul 22