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GARDEN GUIDE: Pollinator garden vs. heat and drought: Who's winning in Central NC? (opens the original)
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Iâll save you a read: right now, it feels like the heat and drought are winning. To me as a gardener, it also feels like itâs winning. If you have stepped outside to check on your garden or crops lately, youâve probably noticed leaves crisping at the edges, flowers dropping, and a general sense of fatigue across the landscape. As a gardener, it can feel thoroughly discouraging. But to understand why our yards look so battered in late summer, it helps to look at how extreme heat creates a t
GARDEN GUIDE: Saving the State Flower: How to Help Your Struggling Dogwoods Survive Summer Stress (opens the original)
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It has been a hot, dry summer across North Carolina, and only recently have we finally caught a break with some rain. Unfortunately, these sudden weather inflection points are precisely when we start noticing our landscape trees showing symptoms of decline or death. One of the trees most near and dear to our North Carolina hearts is, of course, our state flower: the Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida). Homeowners take immense pride in their dogwoods. We love watching them grace our yards with bri
GARDEN GUIDE: Pirates and assassins (bugs) to the garden rescue (opens the original)
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Iâm not going to lie: theyâre not pretty. In fact, they can be pretty gnarly; and they hurt if they jab you in the finger! But, assassin bugs, especially the large wheel bugs, and pirate bugs are the unsung heroes of garden protection. You may have cursed the squash bugsâ existence, but there is a whole group of bugs that do a lot of work in your garden. Usually, when someone says, âLook at that bug,â they mean any generic creepy-crawly, from a beetle to a spider. However, entomologist
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