Most of us have stared at a woodpile or a tangle of shrubs and wondered if something is…

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You flip on the porch light and there it is again: a masked face, small hands, and a…

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You walk out to the kale bed after a chilly night and the leaves look rough, or they…

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You lift a flowerpot and a thin little snake with a bright ring around its neck slides into…

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Bringing a favorite pepper plant inside for winter can give you a head start on next season. But…

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A bare fence can become a wall of strange, striking flowers with the right vine. Passionflower is one…

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Seeing your strawberry bed look thin and bare in late fall can make you worry that the plants…

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Few things sting like watching a favorite geranium turn to mush after the first frost. With a little…

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Black-eyed Susans get all the love, but in sticky North Carolina clay they often flop, rot, or fade…

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