Grasshoppers can decimate your garden. They eat around 50% of their weight every single day. No matter where they are in their life...

Because all wasps are useful to us as insect predators, experts suggest leaving their nests alone unless they pose an imminent threat to...

Resist the urge to swat, slap and run away. The wasps may perceive rapid movement as even more threatening. Move away slowly, covering...

Keep garbage cans and can-recycling bins tightly closed. Don’t wear perfume or other scented body products when you’re out and about...

Since spring, these insect species have been building nests of extraordinarily sophisticated architecture, underground, suspended from...

Seemingly out of nowhere, yellow jackets come at you and strike at blazing speed. Their venom hurts like the devil. How do you deter...

Harvest your garlic when the lower third to half of the leaves have turned brown and wilted, but the upper leaves are still green. It can...

Bulb mites: Stunted plant growth; reduced stand; bulbs rotting in ground or in storage; pest is a cream-white, bulbous mite <1 mm in...

Not too many pests bother garlic, but don’t plant it where you have had trouble with wireworms or nematodes. Disease is more of an issue...

The basic thing garlic needs to grow is sunlight and water. Although garlic isn’t as demanding and high maintenance as some plants can...

This week we are taking time to discuss Garlic. Garlic is incredibly useful in the kitchen and surprisingly easy to grow in the garden....

Fertilize every few weeks with nitrogen to get big bulbs. Cease fertilizing when the onions push the soil away and the bulbing process...

The type of onions you plant depends on your latitude. It’s common for beginning gardeners not to know the difference between long-day...

Plant onions as soon as the ground is ready. Select a location with full sun, where your onions won’t be shaded by other plants.Soil...

Even though onions are cheap enough to buy by the bagful, for the greatest variety, you have to grow your own—and it’s not difficult to...

One of the simplest methods for controlling caterpillars is to pick them off plants and drop them into a bucket of soapy water or squish...

Caterpillars can be a major pest of fall vegetables, particularly cabbage, kale, collards, broccoli, and cauliflower. Seedlings and young...

As summer winds down the populations of caterpillars seems to be on the rise. Some are the larva of butterflies but most are moths....

You'll need to take steps to make sure their transition outside doesn't shock them. Once feathered, the broilers can be transferred to a...