Squirrels Driving You Nuts? 7 Ways To Keep Them Out Of The Garden
No matter how often I chase the squirrels away from the garden, they always return. I believe they understand they’re …
Pest
Diatomaceous Earth: Should You Use It In The Garden?
It’s carnage! The Swiss chard chewed to the ground, the sprouting peas vanished, and the new shoots on the delphinium …
Getting In Tune: Keys to Succeed at Integrated Pest Management
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) takes an ecosystem approach to pest/disease management. It focuses on the long-term prevention of pests and …
Hopping Mad! What To Do When Grasshoppers Move Into The Vegetable Garden
If you have a garden, then chances are you have grasshoppers! This common pest is easy to spot, jumping from …
Biodiverse Gardens Improve Pollination, Harvests, and Pest Control
A biodiverse garden has a wide variety of plants, food crops, birds, insects and other living species. Such diversity enhances …
We Like Our Potatoes Mashed, Roasted, and Pest-Free
Anyone who grows potatoes loves them, so why not celebrate them? National Potato Day falls every year on August 19th; …
Pests and Diseases: The Interconnectedness of Plant Health
SOS! Preventing and Controlling Whitefly Infestations
Whether growing indoors or outdoors, likely, you’ve already encountered the whitefly. A typical garden pest, whitefly reproduce rapidly and are …
How Plants Produce Their Own Pest Control
Plants are robust and adaptable organisms capable of producing a chemical arsenal of compounds to defend themselves, all the more …
5 Brutal Garden Bugs And What To Do About Them
Most gardeners have had to deal with bugs at one time or another, bugs that we are happy to see …