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  • Should You Cut Back Purple Coneflowers in Fall? Seed Heads for Birds, Repeat Blooms, and Cleanup

    Should You Cut Back Purple Coneflowers in Fall? Seed Heads for Birds, Repeat Blooms, and Cleanup

    October 26, 2026

    Your purple coneflowers are fading, and you may be wondering…

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  • How To Encourage Your Christmas Cactus To Rebloom After The Holidays

    How To Encourage Your Christmas Cactus To Rebloom After The Holidays

    October 26, 2026

    Your holiday cactus just dropped its last flower, and now…

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  • Fall Is a Useful Time to Lime North Carolina Garden Soil, If Your Soil Test Recommends It

    Fall Is a Useful Time to Lime North Carolina Garden Soil, If Your Soil Test Recommends It

    October 26, 2026

    Plenty of North Carolina gardeners stare at stiff red clay…

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  • Weekly Deadheading May Help Your Petunias Keep Blooming Longer

    Weekly Deadheading May Help Your Petunias Keep Blooming Longer

    October 26, 2026

    Petunias can look full and bright one week, then suddenly…

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  • 14 Surefire Ways To Get Grass Seed To Actually Take This Fall (Plus 7 Mistakes That Waste Every Bag)

    14 Surefire Ways To Get Grass Seed To Actually Take This Fall (Plus 7 Mistakes That Waste Every Bag)

    October 26, 2026

    Few things sting like watching a whole bag of grass…

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  • Blue Mistflower: A North Carolina Native Worth Considering for Late-Season Fall Color

    Blue Mistflower: A North Carolina Native Worth Considering for Late-Season Fall Color

    October 26, 2026

    Fluffy blue-purple flowers are not what most people expect in…

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  • Protect Next Summer’s Hydrangea Blooms: What To Do and What To Skip After the Flowers Fade

    Protect Next Summer’s Hydrangea Blooms: What To Do and What To Skip After the Flowers Fade

    October 26, 2026

    The flowers on your hydrangea are fading, and you may…

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  • Those Fading Coneflower Seed Heads Still Have A Job To Do – 13 Simple Tricks For Blooms Year After Year

    Those Fading Coneflower Seed Heads Still Have A Job To Do – 13 Simple Tricks For Blooms Year After Year

    October 26, 2026

    When your coneflowers turn brown and droopy, it is easy…

    Read More Those Fading Coneflower Seed Heads Still Have A Job To Do – 13 Simple Tricks For Blooms Year After YearContinue

  • Hardy Cyclamen Brings Fall Flowers and Winter Foliage to North Carolina Shade Gardens

    Hardy Cyclamen Brings Fall Flowers and Winter Foliage to North Carolina Shade Gardens

    October 26, 2026

    Under the oaks and maples of a North Carolina yard,…

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  • 11 Reasons Your Hydrangea Leaves Are Turning Brown (And Which Ones Actually Matter This Fall)

    11 Reasons Your Hydrangea Leaves Are Turning Brown (And Which Ones Actually Matter This Fall)

    October 26, 2026

    Brown, crispy leaves on your hydrangea can make your stomach…

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  • Cut Your Delphiniums Back Like This Before Winter And They Come Back With Taller Spikes Next Summer

    Cut Your Delphiniums Back Like This Before Winter And They Come Back With Taller Spikes Next Summer

    October 26, 2026

    Your delphinium spikes have faded, and now you are staring…

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  • The Surprising Spots Around Your North Carolina Yard Where Spotted Lanternflies Hide Their Eggs This Winter

    The Surprising Spots Around Your North Carolina Yard Where Spotted Lanternflies Hide Their Eggs This Winter

    October 26, 2026

    That gray smudge on your maple tree might not be…

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  • Your Yard Keeps Inviting Raccoons Back – 13 Things Drawing Them In (And How To Shut Each One Down)

    Your Yard Keeps Inviting Raccoons Back – 13 Things Drawing Them In (And How To Shut Each One Down)

    October 26, 2026

    You walk outside in the morning and find your tomatoes…

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  • 16 Tricks That Keep Your Potted Petunias Blooming Like Crazy Long After You Bring Them Indoors

    16 Tricks That Keep Your Potted Petunias Blooming Like Crazy Long After You Bring Them Indoors

    October 26, 2026

    Your petunias looked amazing all summer, and now frost is…

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  • These Root Vegetables Keep Sweetening In North Carolina Garden Beds Straight Through Winter

    These Root Vegetables Keep Sweetening In North Carolina Garden Beds Straight Through Winter

    October 26, 2026

    Most North Carolina gardens look tired by December, but a…

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  • Don’t Toss Your Leggy Petunias Yet – 5 Pinching Tricks That Bring Back Fuller Plants And Bigger Blooms

    Don’t Toss Your Leggy Petunias Yet – 5 Pinching Tricks That Bring Back Fuller Plants And Bigger Blooms

    October 26, 2026

    By midsummer, a lot of petunias start to look tired,…

    Read More Don’t Toss Your Leggy Petunias Yet – 5 Pinching Tricks That Bring Back Fuller Plants And Bigger BloomsContinue

  • The Everyday Yard Chores That Hurt North Carolina Box Turtles More Than Any Predator

    The Everyday Yard Chores That Hurt North Carolina Box Turtles More Than Any Predator

    October 25, 2026

    Raccoons and foxes get the blame, but the biggest danger…

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  • Mowing Height and Crabgrass: How Species-Right Mowing Can Reduce Pressure Next Spring

    Mowing Height and Crabgrass: How Species-Right Mowing Can Reduce Pressure Next Spring

    October 25, 2026

    Crabgrass shows up in so many lawns that it is…

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  • Holiday Cactus Care in Late Fall: Inducing Buds Versus Protecting Them

    Holiday Cactus Care in Late Fall: Inducing Buds Versus Protecting Them

    October 25, 2026

    Is your holiday cactus covered in tiny pink tips, or…

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  • A Nighttime Opossum in Your North Carolina Yard Is Normal, but It Doesn’t Mean Fewer Ticks

    A Nighttime Opossum in Your North Carolina Yard Is Normal, but It Doesn’t Mean Fewer Ticks

    October 25, 2026

    A shuffling shape crosses your porch light at 10 p.m.,…

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  • Your Christmas Cactus Looks Weak And Limp? 13 Steps That Get It Strong Enough To Bloom By The Holidays

    Your Christmas Cactus Looks Weak And Limp? 13 Steps That Get It Strong Enough To Bloom By The Holidays

    October 25, 2026

    A droopy Christmas cactus can make your heart sink, especially…

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  • Clover Taking Over Your Lawn Is A Clue – 13 Ways To Fix What’s Really Going On Underneath (Plus 5 Mistakes That Make It Spread)

    Clover Taking Over Your Lawn Is A Clue – 13 Ways To Fix What’s Really Going On Underneath (Plus 5 Mistakes That Make It Spread)

    October 25, 2026

    If little white clover flowers are popping up all over…

    Read More Clover Taking Over Your Lawn Is A Clue – 13 Ways To Fix What’s Really Going On Underneath (Plus 5 Mistakes That Make It Spread)Continue

  • A Pileated Woodpecker Hammering Your North Carolina Dead Tree This Fall Is a Reason to Consider Keeping It, If It Can Stand Safely

    A Pileated Woodpecker Hammering Your North Carolina Dead Tree This Fall Is a Reason to Consider Keeping It, If It Can Stand Safely

    October 25, 2026

    A big black and white bird with a flaming red…

    Read More A Pileated Woodpecker Hammering Your North Carolina Dead Tree This Fall Is a Reason to Consider Keeping It, If It Can Stand SafelyContinue

  • Your Fig Tree Is All Leaves And No Figs? 13 Easy Fixes That Get It Fruiting Like Never Before Next Summer

    Your Fig Tree Is All Leaves And No Figs? 13 Easy Fixes That Get It Fruiting Like Never Before Next Summer

    October 25, 2026

    You water it, you feed it, and your fig tree…

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  • 15 Self-Seeding Flowers You Plant Once And Never Have To Buy Again

    15 Self-Seeding Flowers You Plant Once And Never Have To Buy Again

    October 25, 2026

    Buying the same flower seeds every spring gets expensive fast,…

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  • These Camellia Varieties Start Blooming First In North Carolina Yards And Keep Color Going All Winter

    These Camellia Varieties Start Blooming First In North Carolina Yards And Keep Color Going All Winter

    October 25, 2026

    Most North Carolina yards go quiet and brown once the…

    Read More These Camellia Varieties Start Blooming First In North Carolina Yards And Keep Color Going All WinterContinue

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