It’s gut-wrenching when the almost-ready-to-harvest lush lettuce and tender tomatoes that you’ve spent months painstakingly tending are ravaged by rodents or butchered by bugs. Some garden pests are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. These insects may be tiny, but they can cause big damage in your garden. Here's how to identify and control the little bugs that ...

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When cold weather sets in, it’s tempting to assume pest problems go into hibernation along with the garden. Unfortunately, ...

Flipping over a kale or zucchini leaf and finding a zillion aphids is the worst. Rather than reaching for chemical ...

Some days in my field of work, it feels like the message is brushed aside. No matter how often it gets said, people enjoy doing the opposite. Could you be one of these individuals? What if I told you ...

A neighbor texted me this week asking for advice about controlling carpenter bees. She was hoping for an exterminator recommendation, but I gave her a simple, do-it-yourself solution that is easier on ...

Ever wonder why pests keep showing up in your garden, even when you think you’ve done everything right? Sometimes, the culprits are things you would never expect. Some of the sneakiest pest magnets ...

This week on Backyard Farmer we’ll check our garden for disease and insect pests. This week on Backyard Farmer we’ll check our garden for disease and insect pests. Host Kim Todd and the panel of ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In late August, there is a vast assortment of insect action in our gardens, and it is worth a listen and a watch to see what is happening. The cicadas are ...