As temperatures rise, garden pests become more active. Here's what to watch for and how to protect your plants.

Learn to identify common culprits damaging your plants. Discover what insects could be eating your plants and how to stop it.

Identify common garden insects with these garden bugs’ pictures and descriptions and become an expert bug identifier. I never use pesticides in my gardens. To do so would interfere with the life ...

Even though wasps are an integral part of the environment, no one wants them near their house, but their choice of flower ...

A thriving garden feels like magic until an army of uninvited guests shows up. Pests don’t just appear randomly; they are ...

Plant pests, such as snails, slugs, and tomato hornworms, can wreak havoc on ornamental and edible gardens. However, only 1% of insects damage plants; the vast majority are either harmless or ...

In last week’s article, I focused on weeds as unwanted garden guests. This week, we’ll focus on insect pests, and next week, diseases. As you know, many insect pests may affect garden plants. Since I ...

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There are three common underground insect pests often encountered while preparing garden soil or planting a garden. They are grubs, wireworms and cutworms. Grubs are the larval stage of an assortment ...

If only we could garden without the insects, what a great place Texas could be. But they’re here, and so are we, and we must learn to identify and deal with the issues they bring us. Here are some of ...