Latest articles by Tyler Schuster
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Why Are My Hosta Leaves Turning Brown? How to Read the Damage and Fix It FastBrown hosta leaves making your landscaping look rough? Find out the cause and fix it before it's too late.
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Cut Back These 8 Tired Perennials Before August Ends – And You’ll Get An Extra Flush of Blooms This YearBeds and borders looking weary? Don't let them go to seed. Cutting back these key perennials before the end of August can trigger one more vibrant bloom display before winter
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This Weird Tool is a Garden Game Changer – It Prevents Pests and Diseases in Your Yard (and Will Save Your Back!)Excess fallen fruit, or windfall fruit, can cause pest infestations and incubate diseases for next year's garden. Clean up with this simple, ingenious tool.
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What Your Strawberries Need in August – 5 Quick Tasks For Bonus Fruit and Free New PlantsWhether you grow June-bearers wrapping up their season or everbearers actively fruiting, these quick August tasks keep late berries coming and guarantee a bigger harvest next spring
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8 Houseplants You Can Count On When Everything Outside is Wilting – For Luxe Appeal That Lasts All Year RoundWhile your backyard transitions through late-summer heat, these indoor knockouts deliver instant lush, low-maintenance greenery and season-defying beauty – and never lose their luxe appeal
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Azaleas and Rhododendrons Need This One Thing in Late Summer for Maximum Blooms Next YearDon't skimp now or your blooms will suffer next spring!
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Do ‘Mosquito Repellent Plants’ Really Work? Explore What These Plants Can (and Can’t) Do For Skeeters in Your YardMosquitoes can ruin even the best summer gatherings. Ward off the swarms with mosquito repellent plants and these other tips.
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These Fast-Growing Salad Crops fill August Hunger Gaps with Tasty Harvests Through to Fall FrostsIf you’re feeling the late-summer hunger gap, sow these ultra-fast, high-yielding salad greens in warm August soil to deliver fresh, peppery harvests in just a few weeks
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You Can Root Tomato Suckers! How to Turn August Prunings into a Free Fall HarvestWant to extend your harvest with extra tomatoes? Put those pruned suckers to work and turn them into a bonus crop.
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8 Perennial Seeds to Scatter in August for a Naturalized Meadow Next YearWhy buy expensive plants in spring when you can scatter seeds now? These 8 resilient perennials thrive on winter cold and fill garden beds effortlessly.
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6 Cover Crops to Plant After Your Veggies Are Harvested That Will Improve Your Soil for Next YearGrowing vegetables can strip your soil of nutrients that next year's plants need. Reinvigorate your veggie beds with these cover crops.
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7 Garden Rules You Can Safely Break Once Mid-August HitsIt's hot – take a rest! It's actually better for your garden if you break these rules in late summer.
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Why Are My Peppers Dropping Their Leaves in August? Diagnosing Late-Summer DefoliationSeeing bare pepper stems with hanging fruit? Learn how to diagnose heat stress, erratic watering, nitrogen draw, and spot diseases to save your crop.
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These 8 Gorgeous Fast-Growing Privacy Plants Create a Sanctuary of Color, Texture and Fragrance before FallIf late summer gaps are leaving your yard exposed, these pretty climbers, scented screens, dynamic grasses, and speedy evergreens can be planted now for a cozy sanctuary before fall
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8 Plants You Should Never Prune in August – No Matter How Messy or Overgrown They LookCutting the wrong plants now can trigger tender growth that freezes in winter – it can even ruin next year’s blooms. Here are 8 plants you can leave, plus some simple summer wins to keep them happy
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Can You Save Tomatoes With Blossom End Rot? What To Pick, Toss, And Leave On The VineRotted bottoms on your tomatoes? It's not necessarily a death sentence. Learn why blossom end rot happens, which damaged fruit to toss or save, and how to fix it.
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5 Things You're Doing That Make Rose Black Spot Worse Without Realizing ItMost rose growers meet black spot eventually, and the habits that invite it in are ordinary ones. Discover the common mistakes that leave roses vulnerable.
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6 Useful Tomato Growing Buys Gardeners Regret Not Having by August – Stock Up Now for a Strong Finish to the SeasonIf you didn't already stock up on all your late-season tomato growing gear, now is the time to do it. Here's what you need for a fantastic harvest.
