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Gardening tips Wood Ash From Your Fire Pit Feeds The Garden Like Free Fertilizer If You Use It Right
After a good fire-pit evening, most homeowners sweep the cold ash into a bag and toss it without a second thought. That gray powder is actually…
Gardening tips Eleven Things Your Birds Do At The Feeder That Say Your Yard Is Already A Real Sanctuary
Early on a cool morning, your coffee steams on the porch rail while a chickadee drops onto the feeder like it owns…
Texas Why Texas Scorpions May Be Showing Up In More Yards This Year
Flip on the porch light after dark and you might spot one clinging to the wall before you even reach for your…
Pennsylvania Skip Arborvitae For Privacy In Pennsylvania And Plant These Shrubs Deer Leave Alone
You step into your yard on a crisp November morning, ready for the stillness, and there it is again. Another row of…
Florida What Happens To Your Summer Bug Problem When Florida Anoles Move Into The Yard
Step onto a Florida patio on a July morning and you will almost certainly spot a lizard darting across the fence before…
North Carolina The North Carolina Perennials You Plant Once And Never Have To Replant Again
Gardening tips Your Cucumber Vines Keep Flowering But Never Set A Single Cucumber, And The Blooms Are Telling You Why
Pennsylvania The Only Roses Pennsylvania Gardeners End Up Trusting After A Brutal Winter
Texas The Texas Porch Plant That Makes Scorpions Less Welcome Around Your Foundation
You step outside before breakfast and the porch already feels warm under your feet, and somewhere near the foundation, a striped bark…
Florida Native Florida Privacy Plants That Do Bamboo’s Job Without The Yard-Wide Takeover
You step onto the patio after breakfast and the air already feels heavy, promising another long Florida summer day. The neighbor’s bamboo…
North Carolina The Native North Carolina Plants Replacing Crape Myrtles Along Fence Lines And Driveways
You drag your patio chair into the shade on a muggy July morning and glance at your crape myrtle. It should be…
Gardening tips Your Zucchini Throws A Dozen Blooms And Still No Squash, But Half Those Flowers Never Could
You walk out to the garden expecting a zucchini or two and find a plant absolutely loaded with yellow flowers, but not…
Texas Green Anoles On Your Texas Porch May Eat Some Mosquitoes And Other Small Insects (Here Is How To Attract Them In Eastern Texas)
Pennsylvania This Toxic Pennsylvania Tree Along Your Fence Line Scares Gardeners Less Than A Copperhead
Florida The Florida Native Grasses To Plant Now For Next Summer’s Firefly Show
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…