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Gardening tips Hemp Grows More Usable Fiber In One Season Than Trees Do In Years, And Your Garden Can Grow It Too
Most people know hemp as a headline crop, but few have thought seriously about growing it in their own backyard. Industrial hemp, Cannabis sativa L., can…
Pennsylvania These Underused Native Pennsylvania Trees Were Made For The Front Yard Everyone Ignores
You step into the yard on a damp October morning, a chill clinging to the air, and find yourself staring at that…
North Carolina What It Really Means When An Owl Starts Showing Up In Your North Carolina Yard At Night
Something large and silent lands on your fence post after dark, and your first thought is that something must be very wrong…
Texas The Best Texas Nurseries For Native Wildflower Seed That Actually Comes Up In Clay
You step outside before breakfast and the patio already feels warm, even in early fall. That old Texas heat lingers, but you…
Florida The Meaning Behind Spotting A Great Egret Wading Through Your Florida Yard
You step onto the back porch after a summer downpour and there it is, a tall white bird picking its way slowly…
Gardening tips Being A Plantaholic Is Not A Hobby, It Is The Cheapest Therapy Your Backyard Will Ever Give You
Pennsylvania What It Really Means When A Whip-Poor-Will Calls All Night Near Your Pennsylvania Home
Texas Native Texas Ground Covers That Outlast St. Augustine When The Heat Dome Settles In
North Carolina 11 North Carolina Perennials That Multiply Themselves Every Time You Divide And Replant
You step out onto the porch on a cool October morning, coffee in hand, and notice one flower clump has swallowed half…
Florida 7 Native Florida Trees That Beat Crape Myrtle And Ask For Far Less Cleanup
You step onto the patio after breakfast and the air already feels heavy, promising another scorching Florida summer day. You spot it…
Gardening tips Five Reasons To Top Your Tomato Plants Now So The Fruit You Have Ripens Before The Cold
It is late August, and you are standing in the garden at dusk, coffee cooling in your hand, staring at a plant…
Texas Skip The Thirsty Impatiens And Grow These 8 Texas Natives That Bloom In Full Shade
You step outside before breakfast and the patio already feels warm, the air still and heavy. It is mid-August, and your impatiens…
Pennsylvania If You Spot This Beetle In Your Pennsylvania Yard Do Not Move It
North Carolina American Beautyberry: The North Carolina Fence-Line Native With a Real but Limited Insect-Repellent Research Connection
Florida Rosemary Near the Garage: A Low-Water Florida Plant That Works Alongside Real Roach Exclusion
Gardening tips The Ultimate Guide To Growing Tall Hollyhocks That Actually Reach Full Height And Bloom
Hollyhocks have a way of stopping people mid-stride when they’re planted along a fence in full bloom, their flower spikes rising head-high…
Texas The Night-Blooming Texas Plants That Draw Bats In To Thin Out Mosquito Hour
You step outside as the last orange fades from the sky, and the air still holds the day’s heat like a warm…
Pennsylvania Reasons Why Swamp Milkweed Earns A Spot In Your Pennsylvania Garden
Most gardeners walk past the soggy corner of their yard and write it off as a problem. That damp low spot near…
Florida Why Ibis Flocks Keep Dropping Onto Your Florida Lawn Right After Every Downpour
You step onto the patio after a summer downpour and the wet grass is suddenly covered in white birds, heads down, probing…
North Carolina The One Thing You Must Do To North Carolina Crape Myrtles Before August Ends Or Next Year’s Blooms Suffer
Pennsylvania The Grass Cutting Habit Quietly Inviting More Ticks Onto Your Pennsylvania Lawn
North Carolina 7 North Carolina Native Plants That Bring Bats In To Cut Backyard Mosquitoes Down Fast
Gardening tips Your Cucumbers Come Off Fat At One End And Pinched At The Other, And The Heat Is Not To Blame
You pull a cucumber off the vine and something looks off. One end is plump and promising, but the other tapers down…
Pennsylvania The Meaning Behind An Indigo Bunting Turning Up In Your Pennsylvania Garden
You step outside on a May morning in Pennsylvania and catch a flash of blue so bright it almost looks painted on.…