Why Fall Lettuce Turns Translucent and Slimy After a Freeze, and When to Harvest
You walk out after a frosty night and find your lettuce looking glassy, floppy, or soggy. It is easy to blame one thing, but the…
By Ethan Brooks · Nov 8, 2026
In the Garden
Your fall carrots taste bland and woody when you dig them before the first frost sweetens the roots
Ethan Brooks · Nov 8
The Perennials North Carolina Gardeners Plant in November for Bigger, Fuller Beds Next Spring
Jasmine Hughes · Nov 8
How to Sow California Lupine Seeds This Fall and Protect Them From Seed Loss
John Miller CA · Nov 8
From the Garden
Plant Frostweed in Your Central Texas Yard and Look for Ice Ribbons When Conditions Align
Frostweed is a tall Texas native that blooms in fall and gives migrating monarchs a place to sip nectar. On certain freezing mornings, its stems…
By Ella Brown T · Nov 8
Cilantro sown in Texas and Florida gardens may stay leafy longer in cool weather, but planting dates vary by region
By Ethan Brooks · Nov 8
Why Songbirds May Gather in North Carolina Yards in November
By Jasmine Hughes · Nov 8
Those Brown Patches Spreading Across Your Texas Lawn This Fall Might Be Armyworms, Here’s How to Stop Them
By Ella Brown T · Nov 8
Aphids clustering under your fall kale and collard leaves multiply fast in mild weather, and a hard spray of water knocks them back
By Ethan Brooks · Nov 8
In Bloom
What's thriving right now.
Why Your Potted Meyer Lemon May Drop Tiny Green Fruit Indoors: Watering Swings and Other Stresses
By Ethan Brooks
These 10 Groundcovers Quietly Fill the Spots Nothing Else Will Grow in Your North Carolina Yard
The Edible Plants Texans Are Lining Their Driveway Fences With Instead of Crape Myrtles
By Ella Brown T
Your geraniums look finished after the first cold nights, but overwintering them this way brings back bigger blooms next spring
By Ethan Brooks
Plant of the Week
Sunshine Mimosa: A Possible Native Groundcover for Bare Florida Lawn Gaps
A brown, bare patch in the lawn is hard to ignore, and many Florida homeowners want to fill it fast. Sunshine mimosa is a Florida...
By Aria Moore F · Nov 8, 2026
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Field Notes
Why Your California Yard Owl Went Quiet: Nesting May Be One Reason
You are used to a soft hoot drifting through the dark, and then one week the yard goes silent. It...
By John Miller CA on Nov 7
Collard greens wilting by afternoon in a cold snap are fine, but waterlogged roots are what actually kill them
Your collards looked fine yesterday, and now the leaves are hanging limp after a chilly night. It is tempting to...
By Ethan Brooks on Nov 7
Peace lily leaves turning brown all over usually trace back to one of these 7 simple fixes you can make today
Few things sink a plant lover’s heart like a peace lily covered in crispy brown leaves. The good news is...
By Ethan Brooks on Nov 7
Crape Myrtle Fall Color in North Carolina: What to Look For After the Flowers Fade
Crape myrtles get most of their fame from summer blooms, but the show does not have to end when the...
By Jasmine Hughes on Nov 7
Tan Rings in Your Texas St. Augustine This Fall? Possible Large Patch and Practical Next Steps
Walk out on a November morning and you might spot tan or brown circles spreading across your St. Augustine lawn....
By Ella Brown T on Nov 7
Before you toss the basil after a cold snap, root stems from healthy, undamaged growth for a chance at winter leaves
Basil is one of the first herbs to give up when the weather turns cold. But if some of your...
By Ethan Brooks on Nov 7