Mature cabbage heads can split when heavy rain follows a dry spell
A cabbage head that looked perfect on Monday can be cracked open by Friday. It often happens when a dry stretch is followed by a…
By Ethan Brooks · Nov 3, 2026
In the Garden
Do This For Your California Gardenias Before Winter Rains Hit Or Next Spring’s Blooms Pay the Price
John Miller CA · Nov 3
Why your potted geraniums stretch leggy and flower less once they come indoors for winter
Ethan Brooks · Nov 3
Meyer Lemon Leaf Drop After Moving Indoors in North Carolina: Ways to Reduce Stress
Jasmine Hughes · Nov 3
From the Garden
Coralberry Under Central Texas Trees: A Possible Winter Berry Source for Birds, If Your Site Fits
Winter can leave Central Texas yards looking bare and quiet. Coralberry, a native shrub with clusters of small pinkish red to red-purple berries, may add…
By Ella Brown T · Nov 3
These Cool-Season Vegetables Still Go In Now and Sweeten Up in Your California Garden as Nights Turn Colder
By John Miller CA · Nov 3
Keep Mulch Off Pansy Crowns in Texas and Florida Beds: Planting Depth, Moisture, and Wilting Plants
By Ethan Brooks · Nov 3
Lower or outer leaves are a smart way to harvest collards again and again
By Ethan Brooks · Nov 3
Skip Burning Bush in Your North Carolina Yard and Plant This Native That Turns Brighter Red Every Fall
By Jasmine Hughes · Nov 3
In Bloom
What's thriving right now.
Hard frost is coming, so dig your sweet potatoes this week or the tubers rot in the ground
By Ethan Brooks
November snapdragon transplants can bring cool-season color to suitable Texas and Florida yards, though nonstop winter bloom is not assured
By Ethan Brooks
California Native Plant Swaps Hand Out Free Cuttings and Seedlings, and Here’s How to Find One Near You
Can Geraniums Dug Before Frost Make It Through Winter Bare-Root? What to Know First
By Ethan Brooks
Plant of the Week
These 7 Native Plants Stop Gutter Runoff From Washing Out Your North Carolina Flower Beds
Every hard rain in North Carolina sends a rush of water off your roof and straight into the flower bed below the downspout. Mulch floats...
By Jasmine Hughes · Nov 3, 2026
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Field Notes
Your Florida Plumeria Is Heading Into Winter Rest, and Here’s What to Do Before It Sleeps
Many Florida plumerias slow down in winter, and some drop most of their leaves. That bare look can feel alarming...
By Aria Moore F on Nov 2
How to Manage Mulch-Bed Edges to Reduce Rat and Tick Habitat in Central Texas
Fall cleanup is the perfect time to look at what is really going on at the edges of your garden...
By Ella Brown T on Nov 2
Your Florida Desert Rose May Be Slowing Down for Winter, and Here’s What It Needs This November
Your desert rose was full of leaves and pink blooms a few weeks ago, and now it looks thinner and...
By Aria Moore F on Nov 2
Growing your own fig tree is easier than you think, and getting these few basics right does most of the work
A ripe fig picked warm off your own tree tastes nothing like the ones sold in plastic clamshells at the...
By Ethan Brooks on Nov 2
If your kale leaves are riddled with tiny holes this November, cabbage worms are still feeding underneath
Tiny holes in your fall kale can be alarming, especially when the weather turns cool and you expect the bugs...
By Ethan Brooks on Nov 2
Pruning last year’s fig branches can reduce your breba crop, whatever the season
That tidy fall trim on your fig tree might cost you the first figs of summer. Those early fruits grow...
By Ethan Brooks on Nov 2