Beneficial insects act as natural pest control, improve the health of your plants, and more. While bugs are commonly perceived as a negative thing in the garden, many insects are actually very ...

Garden insects aid in pollination, natural pest control, and soil enrichment. Supporting beneficial insects leads to a ...

Several annual and perennial flowers, easily grown from seed, attract what many gardeners call beneficial insects: bugs that ...

Ladybugs, lacewings, and other beneficial insects feed on plant pests and naturally make gardens more pest-resistant. But like pollinators, these “good bugs" also feed on nectar and pollen, and ...

Contrary to popular belief, most insects found in the garden are neither harmful or beneficial, and the helpful insects far outnumber those that are harmful. If properly managed, these helpful insects ...

Everyone loves bees, butterflies, other pollinators and most people understand the critical role which beneficial insects play in the environment. And many gardeners and homeowners have planted native ...

If your garden is out of balance and the pests are winning, beneficial insects might help bring order back—but only as a last resort. If you're a gardener, you know that few things are more ...

From droughts to flooding and heat waves, the weather has been tough all across the country recently. Did you know that pests can significantly reduce your garden yield? According to the Connecticut ...

QLast week in your column you talked about beneficial insects in the garden. I did not know there were such things. What are they? ALots of insects further your gardening efforts by feeding on harmful ...

The Johnson County Extension garden in Olathe is filled with native plants. Heather Cwach Special to The Star Gardeners can agree that we plant and tend perennial gardens to provide beauty and joy. A ...