Companion plants play various roles in the vegetable garden community. The cucumber companion plants featured here promote ...

Today’s topic is directly associated with last week's discussion regarding the management of insect populations and is the beginning of a three-part series where we will review a few of the most ...

You can have a beautiful, productive garden while working with nature to manage insect pests. As you incorporate various eco-friendly pest management strategies, you will encourage songbirds, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. striped cucumber beetle - Orest Lyzhechka/Getty Images After all the work involved in starting your garden and the research you've ...

Q: I’ve begun seeing insects in my garden that look like little green ladybugs. They’re eating flower petals and leaves. What can I do to get rid of them? Carol G., Cambria A: Except for its shape and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Swamp milkweed can help provided a habitat for beneficial insects. There are nearly 1 million known insect species on Earth, and ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Cantaloupe growers who walk their fields searching for two crop-damaging insects can do just as good a job if they let the pests come to them. A three-year study by Purdue ...

As bugs begin to munch our plants, our thoughts turn to - what else? - how to kill them. Blood thirsty as that may sound, most gardeners don't appreciate planting a garden only to have it turn into a ...