Let me first take the opportunity to wish everyone a prosperous new year in the garden. And to start off the year, I’d like to help you with the age-old problem of dealing with bugs. Here in Costa ...

Whether you have an invisible pest terrorizing your garden or have caught some bugs red-handed, you're probably looking for a way to stop them. If organic and easy are two words you'd like to be part ...

It’s the beginning of 2025 and the cusp of another year of gardening. Gardening has seasons where plants grow best, flowers bloom, vegetables provide their fruit, and pests invade your garden. Many of ...

Garden pest control feels like an endless and ineffective chore sometimes. There's nothing more disappointing than coming out to your garden in the morning and finding only the destructive remains of ...

July and August in the vegetable garden typically bring bountiful harvests of colorful vegetables. These are also the months when insect pests can really make their presence known, with plant and ...

As a long-term advocate for organic growing, time and time again I come up across the same misconceptions about organic pest control and what it really involves. These myths can easily get in the way ...

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

Biological control is the management of pests and their damage by the beneficial action of parasites (parasitoids), pathogens, and predators. These beneficial organisms, collectively, are named ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Insects — they’re everywhere! With nearly 1 million named species, they make up about 90% of all species of animals on the planet and more than half of all ...

Learn a simple, low-cost pest control trick using an egg carton to help reduce bugs at home. These practical insights make ...

Ginny Bartolone began writing DIY and home improvement guides nearly 10 years ago, covering everything from energy-efficient appliances to cracked foundations. Whether she's compiling cost information ...