SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) — Spider mites are hatching and can harm your outside plants. Spider mites come out yearly when the weather is hot and dry. They feast on the foliage of their host plants.

Monday evening, we returned to Southeast Texas from our family visit in north Alabama, and as is typical for us, it created a hectic week. How is it that in four days, things go sideways in the garden ...

The arrival of July typically means hot and humid weather, not that we haven’t had some of that already. We’ll just get more of it now. That also means we’ll get more spider mites -- on plants not ...

Q. My bean plants are not doing very well. The foliage is turning yellow and then brown. Do you know what is wrong? A. Now that the weather is turning hotter and drier, spider mites are having a field ...