Late August Is Prime Time to Overseed Your Cool-Season Lawn (Here's Why the Timing Actually Matters)

Late August Is Prime Time to Overseed Your Cool-Season Lawn (Here's Why the Timing Actually Matters)

Why Your Tomatoes Keep Cracking Open After Every Rainstorm This August

Why Your Tomatoes Keep Cracking Open After Every Rainstorm This August

Take Cuttings of Your Favorite Annuals Now, Before Frost Ends the Party

Take Cuttings of Your Favorite Annuals Now, Before Frost Ends the Party

Brown Patch Is Wrecking Lawns Right Now — Here's How to Tell It's Not Just Drought Stress

Brown Patch Is Wrecking Lawns Right Now — Here's How to Tell It's Not Just Drought Stress

Why Your Fig Tree’s Fruit Is Splitting Open This August

Close-up of ripe figs on a tree branch, one fruit split open from summer heat and rain

You walk out to check on your fig tree, expecting that first satisfying harvest, and instead you find half the fruit cracked open like tiny geodes. Some are oozing. Some have already attracted a small committee of wasps. If this is happening to you right now, in the thick of August, you’re not doing anything…