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  • Save Your Coneflower Seeds This Fall to Try Growing More Purple Coneflowers in Your North Carolina Yard

    Save Your Coneflower Seeds This Fall to Try Growing More Purple Coneflowers in Your North Carolina Yard

    October 10, 2026

    Purple coneflower is a tough native that many North Carolina…

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  • Pruning Your Fig Tree: Keeping Last Year’s Shoots Can Preserve Brebas, and Here’s Where To Cut

    Pruning Your Fig Tree: Keeping Last Year’s Shoots Can Preserve Brebas, and Here’s Where To Cut

    October 10, 2026

    Pruning a fig tree can feel risky when you love…

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  • Fall Pruning Can Reduce Your Lilac’s Spring Blooms: When to Cut Instead

    Fall Pruning Can Reduce Your Lilac’s Spring Blooms: When to Cut Instead

    October 10, 2026

    You tidied up the garden last weekend, and your lilac…

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  • Rosemary in the North Carolina Vegetable Garden: A Culinary Herb and Possible Companion Plant

    Rosemary in the North Carolina Vegetable Garden: A Culinary Herb and Possible Companion Plant

    October 10, 2026

    Some gardeners say one fragrant herb can help guard a…

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  • Your Roses Look Finished For The Year – 7 October Jobs That Decide How Hard They Bloom Next June

    Your Roses Look Finished For The Year – 7 October Jobs That Decide How Hard They Bloom Next June

    October 10, 2026

    Your rose bushes might look tired, leggy, and spotted right…

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  • Pruning Your Fig Tree Can Reduce or Remove Breba Figs, So Cut With a Plan

    Pruning Your Fig Tree Can Reduce or Remove Breba Figs, So Cut With a Plan

    October 10, 2026

    You walk up to your fig tree with the shears…

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  • The North Carolina Native Shrubs That Earn The Sunny Spot Most Yards Give To Crape Myrtle

    The North Carolina Native Shrubs That Earn The Sunny Spot Most Yards Give To Crape Myrtle

    October 10, 2026

    Drive down almost any street in North Carolina and you…

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  • Crabgrass Can Set Thousands of Seeds Before Fall Ends: What to Do Now to Limit Spring Trouble

    Crabgrass Can Set Thousands of Seeds Before Fall Ends: What to Do Now to Limit Spring Trouble

    October 10, 2026

    Those tan, sprawling crabgrass patches in your lawn may look…

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  • Why Mushrooms Pop Up in Your Lawn After Wet Weather: Ordinary Fungal Activity Explained

    Why Mushrooms Pop Up in Your Lawn After Wet Weather: Ordinary Fungal Activity Explained

    October 10, 2026

    You walk out after a rainy night and find a…

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  • The One Fall Task That Gets Your North Carolina Clematis Covered In Blooms Next Spring

    The One Fall Task That Gets Your North Carolina Clematis Covered In Blooms Next Spring

    October 10, 2026

    Your clematis might look tired and scraggly by October, but…

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  • Plant These 13 Flowers Next Spring And Hummingbirds Keep Checking Your Yard All Season Long

    Plant These 13 Flowers Next Spring And Hummingbirds Keep Checking Your Yard All Season Long

    October 10, 2026

    Ever watched a hummingbird zip into your yard, take one…

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  • Does Epsom Salt Kill a Tree Stump? What Works and What Doesn’t

    Does Epsom Salt Kill a Tree Stump? What Works and What Doesn’t

    October 10, 2026

    You cut the tree down, and now a stubborn stump…

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  • The North Carolina Perennials That Bounce Back Bigger Next Spring After A Brutal Dry Year

    The North Carolina Perennials That Bounce Back Bigger Next Spring After A Brutal Dry Year

    October 10, 2026

    Last summer’s drought left a lot of North Carolina yards…

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  • Praying Mantises Can Eat Beneficial Insects As Well As Garden Pests

    Praying Mantises Can Eat Beneficial Insects As Well As Garden Pests

    October 10, 2026

    That green mantis posing on your tomato cage looks like…

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  • Christmas Cactus Dropping Buds? Check Whether Its Fall Spot Is Part of the Problem

    Christmas Cactus Dropping Buds? Check Whether Its Fall Spot Is Part of the Problem

    October 10, 2026

    You wait all fall for flower buds on your Christmas…

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  • The Storage Mistakes That Turn North Carolina Garden Carrots Limp And Bitter Long Before Spring

    The Storage Mistakes That Turn North Carolina Garden Carrots Limp And Bitter Long Before Spring

    October 10, 2026

    You pulled a beautiful row of carrots from your backyard…

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  • Still Seeing Hummingbirds This Late In The Year? Don’t Take Your Feeder Down Just Yet

    Still Seeing Hummingbirds This Late In The Year? Don’t Take Your Feeder Down Just Yet

    October 10, 2026

    A hummingbird zipping up to your feeder in October can…

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  • Why Deer Keep Browsing North Carolina Gardens in Fall: What Their Visits Can and Cannot Tell You

    Why Deer Keep Browsing North Carolina Gardens in Fall: What Their Visits Can and Cannot Tell You

    October 9, 2026

    You walk out one morning and find your hostas nibbled…

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  • Your Peonies Look Done For The Year – 7 Fall Jobs That Decide Next Spring’s Flowers (Most Gardeners Skip One)

    Your Peonies Look Done For The Year – 7 Fall Jobs That Decide Next Spring’s Flowers (Most Gardeners Skip One)

    October 9, 2026

    Your peony bush may look tired, floppy, and spotted right…

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  • Fall Hydrangea Looking Tired? Check the Soil and Read the Symptoms First

    Fall Hydrangea Looking Tired? Check the Soil and Read the Symptoms First

    October 9, 2026

    Fall can make a hydrangea look worn out, with faded…

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  • When North Carolina Fig Growers Should Protect Plants From Severe Winter Cold

    When North Carolina Fig Growers Should Protect Plants From Severe Winter Cold

    October 9, 2026

    A fig tree can look so tough in August that…

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  • The Garden Hacks Seasoned Growers Use Every Fall That Save Them Hours Next Spring – 15 Worth Stealing

    The Garden Hacks Seasoned Growers Use Every Fall That Save Them Hours Next Spring – 15 Worth Stealing

    October 9, 2026

    Spring gardening is a lot more fun when half the…

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  • Gardeners Who Dig Up Fat Garlic Bulbs Every Summer Plant Their Cloves This Way – 15 Tips To Use This Fall

    Gardeners Who Dig Up Fat Garlic Bulbs Every Summer Plant Their Cloves This Way – 15 Tips To Use This Fall

    October 9, 2026

    Pulling up a garlic bulb the size of your fist…

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  • The North Carolina Perennials You Plant Once This Fall And Never Have To Buy Again

    The North Carolina Perennials You Plant Once This Fall And Never Have To Buy Again

    October 9, 2026

    Every spring, garden centers fill up with flowers that look…

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  • Why Your Snake Plant Makes Pups on Its Own Schedule, and How to Support It

    Why Your Snake Plant Makes Pups on Its Own Schedule, and How to Support It

    October 9, 2026

    Snake plants have a reputation for being tough, yet many…

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  • Most Gardeners Toss Their Beet Greens Without Knowing They’re The Best Part Of The Harvest

    Most Gardeners Toss Their Beet Greens Without Knowing They’re The Best Part Of The Harvest

    October 9, 2026

    Look at the leafy tops on your beet row. Those…

    Read More Most Gardeners Toss Their Beet Greens Without Knowing They’re The Best Part Of The HarvestContinue

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