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North Carolina The North Carolina Perennial That Keeps Throwing Fresh Color Even When Full-Sun Beds Start To Fry
By late July, most North Carolina sunny beds look like they gave up. The coneflowers are spent, the salvia is flagging, and that patch near the…
Gardening tips This Is The Moment To Start Fall Vegetables If You Want A Real Harvest
By late August, the tomato vines still look busy, but the light has already started to slip and your fall clock is…
North Carolina 8 North Carolina Native Plants That Help Fireflies Stay In Your Yard Longer
By 8:30 on a muggy North Carolina evening, you want the yard to come alive, not go dark and empty. When only…
Gardening tips If Your Cucumber Vines Keep Blooming But Never Start Cucumbers, These Are The Usual Reasons
By 8 a.m., the cucumber patch is already covered in yellow blooms, and still not one little green fruit is showing. That…
North Carolina More Praying Mantises In Your North Carolina Garden Means More Pressure On Summer Pest Insects
Spot a praying mantis on your tomato cage on a muggy North Carolina evening and it is hard not to feel like…
Gardening tips Why Garden Time So Easily Turns Into Three Hours Outside
North Carolina The North Carolina Groundcover That Stays Cooler Than Mulch When The Heat Turns Brutal
Gardening tips Why Opossums Deserve A Spot In Your Yard’s Night Shift
North Carolina North Carolina Plants That Help Owls Hunt Your Yard Before Rats Take Over
By dusk in North Carolina, the compost pile can start rustling before you even sit down with a cold drink. That little…
Gardening tips One Good Shade Tree Changes Your Yard More Than You Think
Step outside on a July afternoon and the patio feels like a skillet. A single well-placed shade tree will not drop the…
Gardening tips This Heat-Loving Container Flower Opens Fresh Blooms Day After Day
Most annuals wave a white flag when summer really turns up the heat, but one plant seems to thrive on it. Portulaca,…
Gardening tips The Tiny Hunters Already In Your Garden Keep Pest Problems Smaller
At 7 a.m., the bean leaves can look fine until you flip one over and spot a crowd of sap-sucking pests at…
Gardening tips The Calm Gardeners Talk About Is Real, And Science Backs It Up
Gardening tips This Houseplant Keeps Blooming Even In Rooms With Barely Any Sun
Gardening tips Why Clover Still Belongs In American Lawns After All These Years
North Carolina Why The Carpenter Bees Buzzing Your North Carolina Porch Are Not The Ones To Fear
Every spring, large bees start hovering and buzzing around North Carolina porches, and plenty of homeowners back right through the door. The…
North Carolina The North Carolina Native Goldenrods That Start Stealing The Show When Summer Beds Fade Out
By late summer, most North Carolina flower beds start looking tired. The coneflowers are spent, the black-eyed Susans are winding down, and…
North Carolina The North Carolina Native Plant That Keeps Summer Firefly Yards Cooler, Damper, And More Alive
Fireflies blinking across a backyard on a warm June evening are one of those North Carolina summer moments that feel almost too…
North Carolina If Your Cucumber Vines Keep Flowering But No Cucumbers Ever Form, Here’s What’s Going Wrong
Watching your cucumber vines explode with yellow blossoms all summer while the vegetable basket stays empty is one of the most puzzling…
North Carolina What It Really Means When Ants Cover Your Peony Buds Before They Open
North Carolina Why North Carolina Gardeners Should Stop Treating Clover Like A Lawn Weed
North Carolina More Bats Around Your North Carolina Yard Means Fewer Mosquitoes At Dusk
North Carolina American Beautyberry: A Promising North Carolina Native Shrub for a Wildlife-Friendly Yard Edge
Ticks are a real concern for North Carolina families who spend time in the yard, and many homeowners are searching for ways…
North Carolina The Backyard Animal North Carolina Families Keep Fearing Is Actually Eating Their Ticks
Something shuffles across the back porch after dark, and a lot of North Carolina families assume the worst. That pointy-faced, slow-moving creature…