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  • Tossing Your Poinsettia After The Holidays Is A Mistake – 13 Steps That Make It Turn Red Again Next December

    Tossing Your Poinsettia After The Holidays Is A Mistake – 13 Steps That Make It Turn Red Again Next December

    November 3, 2026

    Every January, millions of healthy poinsettias end up in the…

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  • These 9 North Carolina Native Shrubs Keep Your Backyard Busy With Birds And Butterflies All Year Long

    These 9 North Carolina Native Shrubs Keep Your Backyard Busy With Birds And Butterflies All Year Long

    November 3, 2026

    A yard full of birds and butterflies does not happen…

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  • Deer Nibbling Your Shrubs Bare Every Winter? 15 Plants They Walk Right Past

    Deer Nibbling Your Shrubs Bare Every Winter? 15 Plants They Walk Right Past

    November 3, 2026

    You go out on a cold morning and find your…

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  • Overseeded Late This Fall? How To Tell If Your New Grass Still Has Time Or Should Wait Until Spring

    Overseeded Late This Fall? How To Tell If Your New Grass Still Has Time Or Should Wait Until Spring

    November 3, 2026

    You spread grass seed on your lawn, and then the…

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  • These 8 North Carolina Native Vines And Shrubs Give Your Backyard Birds Safe Winter Roosts Hawks Can’t Reach

    These 8 North Carolina Native Vines And Shrubs Give Your Backyard Birds Safe Winter Roosts Hawks Can’t Reach

    November 3, 2026

    On a cold January night, the cardinal at your feeder…

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  • If Your Peace Lily Droops Every Winter, The Dry Furnace Air Is The Real Culprit, Not Thirst

    If Your Peace Lily Droops Every Winter, The Dry Furnace Air Is The Real Culprit, Not Thirst

    November 3, 2026

    A peace lily that flops over in January can make…

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  • Wondering Why Your Tomatoes Struggled This Year? 17 Kitchen Scraps That Feed Next Summer’s Plants For Free

    Wondering Why Your Tomatoes Struggled This Year? 17 Kitchen Scraps That Feed Next Summer’s Plants For Free

    November 3, 2026

    If your tomatoes gave you yellow leaves, cracked fruit, or…

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  • Dormant Silky Dogwood Live Stakes May Root When Planted in Suitable Moist Ground in North Carolina

    Dormant Silky Dogwood Live Stakes May Root When Planted in Suitable Moist Ground in North Carolina

    November 3, 2026

    Some native North Carolina shrubs can start new life from…

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  • Fallen Leaves Are a Free, Gradual Soil-Builder for Your Garden: Here’s How To Use Them

    Fallen Leaves Are a Free, Gradual Soil-Builder for Your Garden: Here’s How To Use Them

    November 3, 2026

    Raking leaves feels like a never-ending chore, and most of…

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  • Adult Carpenter Bees May Be Waiting Out Winter Inside Your North Carolina Porch Rails

    Adult Carpenter Bees May Be Waiting Out Winter Inside Your North Carolina Porch Rails

    November 2, 2026

    Those neat round holes in your porch rail may be…

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  • Moving a Christmas Cactus With Buds: What Really Makes Them Drop

    Moving a Christmas Cactus With Buds: What Really Makes Them Drop

    November 2, 2026

    You bring home a holiday cactus covered in tiny buds,…

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  • Brown Spider Plant Tips in Winter: Could Fluoride in Tap Water Be One Reason?

    Brown Spider Plant Tips in Winter: Could Fluoride in Tap Water Be One Reason?

    November 2, 2026

    Brown tips on a spider plant can make you feel…

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  • Can You Pull an HOA-Planted Bradford Pear in North Carolina? It Depends on Where It Stands and What Your Documents Say

    Can You Pull an HOA-Planted Bradford Pear in North Carolina? It Depends on Where It Stands and What Your Documents Say

    November 2, 2026

    That Bradford pear out front may bloom white in spring,…

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  • 13 Winter Tomato Tips That Set Up Next Summer’s Best Harvest (And 2 That Are Totally Useless)

    13 Winter Tomato Tips That Set Up Next Summer’s Best Harvest (And 2 That Are Totally Useless)

    November 2, 2026

    Your tomato plants may be gone for the year, but…

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  • Brown Patches Showing Up In Your Lawn After The Leaves Drop? 13 Causes To Rule Out Before Spring

    Brown Patches Showing Up In Your Lawn After The Leaves Drop? 13 Causes To Rule Out Before Spring

    November 2, 2026

    You finally rake up the last of the leaves, and…

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  • Why a Cardinal Keeps Attacking Your North Carolina Window in Winter

    Why a Cardinal Keeps Attacking Your North Carolina Window in Winter

    November 2, 2026

    A flash of red keeps slamming into your kitchen window,…

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  • Fall Is Often a Favorable Time to Control Creeping Charlie and Dandelions: How to Use the Window

    Fall Is Often a Favorable Time to Control Creeping Charlie and Dandelions: How to Use the Window

    November 2, 2026

    Dandelions and creeping Charlie can take over a lawn fast,…

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  • Why Winter Cleanup of Your Tomato Bed Can Lower Disease Risk, Even Though It Can’t Promise Healthy Plants

    Why Winter Cleanup of Your Tomato Bed Can Lower Disease Risk, Even Though It Can’t Promise Healthy Plants

    November 2, 2026

    Spotted, yellowing leaves on your tomatoes are scary, and many…

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  • Planting a Native Holly Screen This Fall May Give Your North Carolina Yard Long-Term Privacy

    Planting a Native Holly Screen This Fall May Give Your North Carolina Yard Long-Term Privacy

    November 2, 2026

    A tall green wall between you and the neighbors sounds…

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  • Your Mums Stopped Blooming? Here’s What To Do With Them Before You Toss Them In The Trash

    Your Mums Stopped Blooming? Here’s What To Do With Them Before You Toss Them In The Trash

    November 2, 2026

    Those fall mums looked amazing a few weeks ago, and…

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  • Holiday Cactus Dropping Buds? Check the Heater Vent, but Check These Other Things Too

    Holiday Cactus Dropping Buds? Check the Heater Vent, but Check These Other Things Too

    November 2, 2026

    Few things feel worse than seeing tiny pink buds litter…

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  • The November Task Most North Carolina Gardeners Skip That Keeps Winter Violas Blooming Until Spring

    The November Task Most North Carolina Gardeners Skip That Keeps Winter Violas Blooming Until Spring

    November 2, 2026

    Pansies laugh at frost, yet their flowers can fade faster…

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  • Those Gnats Hovering Over Your Houseplants All Winter Are Coming From Wet Soil, Not The Plant Itself

    Those Gnats Hovering Over Your Houseplants All Winter Are Coming From Wet Soil, Not The Plant Itself

    November 2, 2026

    Tiny flies drifting around your pothos or peace lily can…

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  • Skip the Fertilizer on a Slow-Growing Snake Plant This Winter and Let Growth Lead

    Skip the Fertilizer on a Slow-Growing Snake Plant This Winter and Let Growth Lead

    November 2, 2026

    Your snake plant looks the same as it did in…

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  • Mâche in North Carolina: A Possible January Salad From Established Fall Plants

    Mâche in North Carolina: A Possible January Salad From Established Fall Plants

    November 2, 2026

    Picture stepping into the backyard in the dead of winter…

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  • Growing A Lemon Tree In A Pot Is More Forgiving Than You Think, Even When It Spends Winter Indoors

    Growing A Lemon Tree In A Pot Is More Forgiving Than You Think, Even When It Spends Winter Indoors

    November 2, 2026

    Your potted lemon tree has had a great summer on…

    Read More Growing A Lemon Tree In A Pot Is More Forgiving Than You Think, Even When It Spends Winter IndoorsContinue

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