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Florida The Florida Native Grasses To Plant Now For Next Summer’s Firefly Show
You step onto the back porch after dinner, the June air still warm and thick, and the yard blinks. One light, then a dozen, then a…
North Carolina What It Really Means When A Gopher Tortoise Turns Up At The Edge Of Your Yard
You’re pulling weeds at the edge of the lawn when something slow and prehistoric-looking stops you cold, a large, domed turtle sitting…
Texas Do This One Thing To Texas Lantana Now For Non-Stop Color Into Fall
Your Texas lantana has been blooming since April, and right now it’s looking a little shaggy, maybe a little tired. A light…
Pennsylvania What Pennsylvania Blueberries Need Right Now For A Heavier Crop Next Summer
Right now, while your blueberry bushes are still loaded with late-season fruit, next year’s harvest is already being decided underground. The flower…
Gardening tips Leaving Purple Coneflower Seed Heads Can Provide Winter Food for Goldfinches
Late summer, the purple coneflowers in your yard quietly stop blooming and start doing something different. The flower petals drop away, and…
Florida These Underused Florida Natives Pull Off The Resort-Tropical Look For A Fraction Of The Price
North Carolina That Purple Weed Taking Over Your North Carolina Lawn Is Actually A Native Worth Keeping
Gardening tips Your Zucchini Quit Producing This Month Because Of One Fruit You Left On The Vine
Pennsylvania The Goldfinch Landing In Your Pennsylvania Yard Carries A Meaning Worth Knowing
You step outside on a quiet morning and a flash of bright yellow lands on the shrub at the edge of your…
Texas Simple Backyard Habits That Bring Hummingbirds Back To Your Texas Yard Every Summer
Your neighbor has hummingbirds hovering at her salvia every afternoon, and you want to know her secret. The honest answer is that…
Florida The One Thing To Do With Your Florida Desert Rose Now So It Keeps Blooming Through Storm Season
You step onto the patio after breakfast and the air already feels heavy, the kind of thick Florida humidity that tells you…
North Carolina North Carolina Native Trees That Beat Crape Myrtle For Front-Yard Color And Structure
You pull into your driveway on a July afternoon, and there sits your crape myrtle, chopped into ugly stubs again because someone…
Gardening tips If These Birds Keep Landing In Your Yard, Your Soil And Bug Balance Are Already Right
North Carolina The Florida-Style Bat House Setup That Does Your North Carolina Mosquito Work Every Night
Texas The Edible Texas Plants Homeowners Grow Along Driveways Instead Of Crape Myrtles
Pennsylvania These Pennsylvania Clay Soil Plants Treat Heavy Ground Like An Advantage And Never Need Replacing
You push a shovel into your backyard on a dry August afternoon and it stops cold, like hitting a sidewalk buried two…
Florida The Meaning Behind Hearing Barred Owls Call Across Your Florida Yard At Dusk
You step onto the back porch as the sun drops behind the tree line, and suddenly the neighborhood goes quiet for just…
Gardening tips This Common Garden Plant Keeps Fooling People Because The Leaves Tell A Different Story
Walk past a certain shrubby plant in your neighbor’s yard and you might count three or four different flower colors on a…
North Carolina What It Really Means When A Cardinal Keeps Visiting Your North Carolina Yard In A Heat Wave
You glance out the kitchen window and there he is again, that same brilliant red cardinal, perched on the fence rail in…
Texas Skip The Fussy Hydrangeas And Grow These 8 Texas Perennials That Bloom All Summer Long
Pennsylvania The Praying Mantis Standing Still In Your Pennsylvania Garden Is Telling You Something Good
Florida The 7 Florida Native Plants That Bring Zebra Longwings Back To A Quiet Butterfly Garden
Gardening tips Grow A Full Salad Bar On One Sunny Stoop And Stop Buying Bagged Greens
Bagged salad greens are one of those quiet grocery-store habits that add up fast, and a single broad container on a sunny…
North Carolina The North Carolina Native Plant HOAs Keep Trying To Ban But Legally Cannot Touch
A story has been circulating in North Carolina neighborhoods that one specific native plant is so legally protected that no HOA can…