Why Firefly Season Is Already Fading (And What’s Happening Underground) On warm early-summer evenings, a backyard can seem filled with tiny blinking lights. A few weeks later, the display may …
A pepper plant can look perfectly healthy in midsummer—deep green leaves, vigorous stems, and plenty of flowers—yet produce almost no peppers. When gardeners see pepper plants flowering no fruit heat …
Table of Contents Why Skunks and Raccoons Dig Up Lawns in Late Summer (It’s Not Random) You wake up one August morning to find patches of your lawn peeled back …
Table of Contents How to Cure Onions and Garlic After Harvest (So They Actually Last) Harvesting a beautiful crop of onions or garlic is only half the job. If they’re …
Table of Contents Why Mulch Matters Most in Late-Summer Heat (And How to Apply It Correctly) By late August, many gardens begin showing the strain of weeks of sunshine, drying …
Table of Contents Companion Planting That Actually Works (And the Pairings That Don’t) Companion planting has been part of gardening traditions for centuries. Open almost any gardening book or browse …
Table of Contents Why Watering Your Garden Every Day Might Be Doing More Harm Than Good It’s easy to assume that watering your garden every day is the safest way …
Table of Contents When to Overseed Your Lawn in Fall (By Region, Not the Calendar) Many homeowners assume there’s a single “best week” every autumn to overseed a lawn. In …
Table of Contents How to Save Tomato Seeds the Right Way (The Fermentation Step Most People Skip) Learning how to save tomato seeds is one of the most rewarding gardening …
Table of Contents Which Perennials to Divide in Fall (And Which Ones to Leave Alone) If your flower beds have become crowded or some perennials aren’t blooming as well as …