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There are five ways an HOA rule can stop being enforceable, and only one of them is a law about plants.
A state law can override it. The rule may never have been properly adopted or recorded. https://thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/go/bsky-tip?path=hoa
A state law can override it. The rule may never have been properly adopted or recorded. https://thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/go/bsky-tip?path=hoa
November 4, 2026 at 5:00 PM
There are five ways an HOA rule can stop being enforceable, and only one of them is a law about plants.
A state law can override it. The rule may never have been properly adopted or recorded. https://thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/go/bsky-tip?path=hoa
A state law can override it. The rule may never have been properly adopted or recorded. https://thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/go/bsky-tip?path=hoa
Planting in the College Station area? These five handle the Post Oak Savanna heat and clay: Mexican hat, black-eyed Susan, scarlet sage, gulf muhly, and frostweed. https://thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/go/bsky-tip?path=regional
November 3, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Planting in the College Station area? These five handle the Post Oak Savanna heat and clay: Mexican hat, black-eyed Susan, scarlet sage, gulf muhly, and frostweed. https://thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/go/bsky-tip?path=regional
Thinking about dividing a perennial this fall? The date that matters is your own first freeze. https://thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/go/bsky-tip?path=tip
November 2, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Thinking about dividing a perennial this fall? The date that matters is your own first freeze. https://thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/go/bsky-tip?path=tip
NPSOT Fall Symposium, Houston, Nov 4 to 6. Keynote panel Thursday 3 pm with Daniel Millikin, Charriss York, Andy Newman and Afridha Thamzeen Abdul Shafeeq, moderated by Robert Mace. We are at the exhibitor table. https://thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/go/bsky-tip?path=tip
November 1, 2026 at 8:01 PM
NPSOT Fall Symposium, Houston, Nov 4 to 6. Keynote panel Thursday 3 pm with Daniel Millikin, Charriss York, Andy Newman and Afridha Thamzeen Abdul Shafeeq, moderated by Robert Mace. We are at the exhibitor table. https://thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/go/bsky-tip?path=tip
Got a letter from your Florida HOA about the yard? Before you rip out the new bed, know what the law says.
Under the Florida Statutes, HOA documents may not prohibit a homeowner from installing Florida-Friendly Landscaping. https://thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/go/bsky-tip?path=hoa
Under the Florida Statutes, HOA documents may not prohibit a homeowner from installing Florida-Friendly Landscaping. https://thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/go/bsky-tip?path=hoa
November 1, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Got a letter from your Florida HOA about the yard? Before you rip out the new bed, know what the law says.
Under the Florida Statutes, HOA documents may not prohibit a homeowner from installing Florida-Friendly Landscaping. https://thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/go/bsky-tip?path=hoa
Under the Florida Statutes, HOA documents may not prohibit a homeowner from installing Florida-Friendly Landscaping. https://thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/go/bsky-tip?path=hoa
This aster is blooming hard in a corner of my yard that barely gets sun. It's fall aster, and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center lists it for sun or part shade. https://thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/go/bsky-tip?path=care
October 31, 2026 at 8:03 PM
This aster is blooming hard in a corner of my yard that barely gets sun. It's fall aster, and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center lists it for sun or part shade. https://thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/go/bsky-tip?path=care
NPSOT Fall Symposium, Houston, Nov 4 to 6. Plenary Thursday 10:45 am: Suzanne Simpson, Director of Land Protection at the Galveston Bay Foundation, co-author of Wild Houston. We are at the exhibitor table. https://thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/go/bsky-tip?path=tip
October 31, 2026 at 7:02 PM
NPSOT Fall Symposium, Houston, Nov 4 to 6. Plenary Thursday 10:45 am: Suzanne Simpson, Director of Land Protection at the Galveston Bay Foundation, co-author of Wild Houston. We are at the exhibitor table. https://thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/go/bsky-tip?path=tip
When do you stop watering new plants in fall? Look at your ground, not the calendar. https://thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/go/bsky-tip?path=tip
October 31, 2026 at 4:02 PM
When do you stop watering new plants in fall? Look at your ground, not the calendar. https://thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/go/bsky-tip?path=tip
What's still blooming in your yard this October? Mine is Gregg's mistflower. Per the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, it "often attracts very impressive numbers of Queen butterflies in the Fall." https://thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/go/bsky-tip?path=care
October 30, 2026 at 8:02 PM
What's still blooming in your yard this October? Mine is Gregg's mistflower. Per the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, it "often attracts very impressive numbers of Queen butterflies in the Fall." https://thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/go/bsky-tip?path=care
NPSOT Fall Symposium, Houston, Nov 4 to 6. Plenary Thursday 9:30 am: Jed Aplaca, President and CEO of Birds Houston, on native plants, public landscapes and changing expectations. We are at the exhibitor table. https://thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/go/bsky-tip?path=tip
October 30, 2026 at 7:00 PM
NPSOT Fall Symposium, Houston, Nov 4 to 6. Plenary Thursday 9:30 am: Jed Aplaca, President and CEO of Birds Houston, on native plants, public landscapes and changing expectations. We are at the exhibitor table. https://thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/go/bsky-tip?path=tip
The first frost turns dahlia and canna leaves black, and that is the signal to dig. Utah State University Extension says summer bulbs left in the ground over winter will mostly die. https://thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/go/bsky-tip?path=care
October 30, 2026 at 4:00 PM
The first frost turns dahlia and canna leaves black, and that is the signal to dig. Utah State University Extension says summer bulbs left in the ground over winter will mostly die. https://thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/go/bsky-tip?path=care
NPSOT Fall Symposium, Houston, Nov 4 to 6. Keynote Thursday 1:30 pm: Robert Mace, Ph.D., Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, on native plants and the Texas water problem. We are at the exhibitor table. https://thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/go/bsky-tip?path=tip
October 29, 2026 at 7:00 PM
NPSOT Fall Symposium, Houston, Nov 4 to 6. Keynote Thursday 1:30 pm: Robert Mace, Ph.D., Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, on native plants and the Texas water problem. We are at the exhibitor table. https://thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/go/bsky-tip?path=tip
Planting in the Tampa Bay area? These five Florida natives are a good place to start in the Southern Coastal Plain (EPA Level III ecoregion 75): gulf muhly, firebush, saw palmetto, American beautyberry and Leavenworth's tickseed. https://thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/go/bsky-tip?path=regional
October 29, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Planting in the Tampa Bay area? These five Florida natives are a good place to start in the Southern Coastal Plain (EPA Level III ecoregion 75): gulf muhly, firebush, saw palmetto, American beautyberry and Leavenworth's tickseed. https://thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/go/bsky-tip?path=regional
Having a plant on the HOA approved list is not the same as having permission to use it. Here is why management companies can still fine you, and the three-step paper trail that actually protects you. https://www.thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/blog/hoa-approved-list-wont-protect-you?ref=bluesky
October 28, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Having a plant on the HOA approved list is not the same as having permission to use it. Here is why management companies can still fine you, and the three-step paper trail that actually protects you. https://www.thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/blog/hoa-approved-list-wont-protect-you?ref=bluesky
Fall is when American beautyberry shows off its purple berries, and dog owners ask whether they are a problem. https://thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/go/bsky-tip?path=pet
October 28, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Fall is when American beautyberry shows off its purple berries, and dog owners ask whether they are a problem. https://thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/go/bsky-tip?path=pet
A heat wave is harder on bees and butterflies than it looks. https://www.thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/blog/help-pollinators-heat-wave?ref=bluesky
October 27, 2026 at 10:01 PM
A heat wave is harder on bees and butterflies than it looks. https://www.thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/blog/help-pollinators-heat-wave?ref=bluesky
Planting in the El Paso area? These five take the desert heat: cenizo, damianita, blackfoot daisy, desert marigold, and autumn sage. All native to the Trans-Pecos / Chihuahuan Desert, zones 7-9 (Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center). https://thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/go/bsky-tip?path=regional
October 27, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Planting in the El Paso area? These five take the desert heat: cenizo, damianita, blackfoot daisy, desert marigold, and autumn sage. All native to the Trans-Pecos / Chihuahuan Desert, zones 7-9 (Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center). https://thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/go/bsky-tip?path=regional
Unenforceable HOA Rules in Wyoming. Wyoming has no native-plant or xeriscape law and no general HOA act. Its marketable title law can void an unpreserved use restriction after forty years. https://www.thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/blog/unenforceable-hoa-rules-wyoming?ref=bluesky
October 26, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Unenforceable HOA Rules in Wyoming. Wyoming has no native-plant or xeriscape law and no general HOA act. Its marketable title law can void an unpreserved use restriction after forty years. https://www.thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/blog/unenforceable-hoa-rules-wyoming?ref=bluesky
A native grass over two feet tall can read as a garden or as grass nobody got to. https://thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/go/bsky-tip?path=hoa
October 26, 2026 at 4:03 PM
A native grass over two feet tall can read as a garden or as grass nobody got to. https://thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/go/bsky-tip?path=hoa
A minimum of 200 square feet of turf must be removed, and a maximum of 2,000 square feet counts toward the rebate. Dead lawns are not eligible. https://www.thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/blog/patterson-california-cash-for-grass-rebate?ref=bluesky
October 25, 2026 at 10:01 PM
A minimum of 200 square feet of turf must be removed, and a maximum of 2,000 square feet counts toward the rebate. Dead lawns are not eligible. https://www.thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/blog/patterson-california-cash-for-grass-rebate?ref=bluesky
The plant you added to your yard this month is on a different clock than the bed six feet away. https://thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/go/bsky-tip?path=care
October 25, 2026 at 4:02 PM
The plant you added to your yard this month is on a different clock than the bed six feet away. https://thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/go/bsky-tip?path=care
New Mexico has no xeriscape or native-landscaping protection, despite a fake citation circulating online. Here is what the Homeowner Association Act actually requires before a fine. https://www.thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/blog/unenforceable-hoa-rules-new-mexico?ref=bluesky
October 24, 2026 at 10:01 PM
New Mexico has no xeriscape or native-landscaping protection, despite a fake citation circulating online. Here is what the Homeowner Association Act actually requires before a fine. https://www.thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/blog/unenforceable-hoa-rules-new-mexico?ref=bluesky
A first-year native bed looks sparse, and the instinct is to buy more plants for the gaps. https://thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/go/bsky-tip?path=hoa
October 24, 2026 at 4:03 PM
A first-year native bed looks sparse, and the instinct is to buy more plants for the gaps. https://thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/go/bsky-tip?path=hoa
The Illinois River Watershed Partnership funds up to 50 percent of project cost, no published dollar cap, for a residential rain garden, bioswale, or permeable surface in Northwest Arkansas. https://www.thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/blog/northwest-arkansas-rain-garden-rebate?ref=bluesky
October 23, 2026 at 10:02 PM
The Illinois River Watershed Partnership funds up to 50 percent of project cost, no published dollar cap, for a residential rain garden, bioswale, or permeable surface in Northwest Arkansas. https://www.thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/blog/northwest-arkansas-rain-garden-rebate?ref=bluesky
Before you bag the leaves this fall, it helps to know what is in them. https://thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/go/bsky-tip?path=tip
October 23, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Before you bag the leaves this fall, it helps to know what is in them. https://thepollinatorpatchgarden.com/go/bsky-tip?path=tip