If your lawn looks like it’s been through a war this summer — thin patches, bald spots where the dog…
You go out to check on your tomatoes after a good soaking rain, feeling optimistic, and there it is: another…
Yes, it’s still technically summer. Yes, it’s still hot enough to make you question your life choices every time you…
If your lawn has started looking like someone took a blowtorch to random circles of it, and you’ve already ruled…
If you’ve noticed a grayish, silky mess ballooning out over the tips of tree branches this month, you’re not imagining things and it’s not just old spiderwebs having a moment. That’s fall webworm season, and mid-to-late August is basically their prime real estate market. They show up every year right when everyone’s distracted by tomatoes…
If your basil plant suddenly looks like it’s trying to become a different species entirely — tall, sparse, with weird little white or purple flower spikes shooting up from every stem — congratulations, it’s bolting. This happens like clockwork in mid-to-late August. Long hot days plus the plant sensing that its life cycle is winding…
Walk out to the garden this week and your zucchini or yellow squash leaves might look like someone came through with a flour sifter. That’s powdery mildew, and mid-August is basically its Super Bowl. Warm days, cooler humid nights, and leaves packed tight enough that airflow can’t get through — it’s a perfect setup, and…
If your bearded irises bloomed less enthusiastically this spring than they did a couple years ago, or if the clump has turned into a solid mat of rhizomes fighting each other for real estate, this is your sign. Late summer, right about now, is the single best window to dig them up and divide them.…
If your crepe myrtle looks like someone dumped a bucket of dark syrup over it, you’re not imagining things, and no, it’s not some weird disease that’s going to kill the tree overnight. What you’re looking at is sooty mold, and it’s basically a symptom, not the actual problem. The real culprit is something much…
If you walked outside this week and did a double-take at your hydrangeas, you’re not imagining things. Those big white or pink mophead blooms are turning a weird antique green, like they’re rusting from the inside out. Before you panic and start googling plant diseases, take a breath. This is almost always completely normal, and…
