If you’ve got a crape myrtle in the yard, you’ve probably noticed strips of bark curling off the trunk right…
You water your tomatoes on Tuesday, feeling like a competent adult with a functioning garden. By Thursday, half the plant…
If your basil suddenly sprouted little white or purple flower spikes sometime in the last couple weeks, congratulations, you have…
You mow on Saturday, everything looks normal, and by Tuesday your lawn has sprouted a fairy ring of little tan…
If you’ve got a crape myrtle in the yard, you’ve probably noticed strips of bark curling off the trunk right about now, mid-July, peak bloom season, sitting there looking like the tree is shedding its skin. First instinct for a lot of people is panic. Second instinct is to go Google “tree disease bark falling…
You water your tomatoes on Tuesday, feeling like a competent adult with a functioning garden. By Thursday, half the plant looks like it went through a wood chipper. Welcome to hornworm season. These things are basically the horror movie villains of the vegetable patch — silent, huge, and somehow invisible until you’re standing right on…
If your basil suddenly sprouted little white or purple flower spikes sometime in the last couple weeks, congratulations, you have officially entered bolting season. It happens to basically everyone’s basil in July. The heat spikes, the days are long, and your plant decides its life’s purpose is now reproduction instead of making pesto for you.…
You mow on Saturday, everything looks normal, and by Tuesday your lawn has sprouted a fairy ring of little tan umbrellas like it’s auditioning for a storybook. Welcome to mushroom season, courtesy of all that July rain followed by a heat wave. It’s annoying, it’s a little gross if you’ve got dogs or toddlers who…
You did everything right. You watered, you weeded, you watched those cucumbers fatten up on the vine like a proud parent. Then you bit into one and got a mouthful of something closer to aspirin than salad. Bitter cucumbers are one of those garden mysteries that feel personal, but the science behind them is pretty…
Your zucchini plant is the size of a golden retriever, it’s covered in bright yellow blooms, and yet somehow you’ve harvested exactly zero squash. Meanwhile your neighbor is leaving bags of the stuff on porches like it’s a public service announcement. Annoying, right? Before you blame your soil or start talking to the plant like…
