Follow these tips to keep pests off your vegetable garden.

Most gardeners think of pest control as a spray bottle problem. Something goes wrong, something gets applied, and you hope ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you're like most gardeners, your tomatoes are taking off right now, which means the pests are on their way. Whiteflies, ...

Of the many insect species that visit a vegetable garden, a small fraction are pests. Slugs, aphids, cabbage loopers, and other plant pests nibble holes into leaves, burrow into root crops, and harm ...

“The Vegetable Garden Pest Handbook: Identify and Solve Common Pest Problems on Edible Plants – All Natural Solutions!” by Susan Mulvihill ($26.99, Cool Springs Press): A Master Gardener and the ...

I have discovered that garlic is a wonderfully easy and enormously satisfying crop to grow. After planting and mulching my ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

July and August in the vegetable garden typically bring bountiful harvests of colorful vegetables. These are also the months when insect pests can really make their presence known, with plant and ...

Before pushing that cart of vegetable seedlings to the checkout line, consider a stop in the seed aisle. On offer: potential organic pest control. A packet of radish seeds could help fight the flea ...

For years, many home gardeners believed the secret to healthy vegetables was keeping every corner of the yard neat and free ...

Exotic organisms that have the potential to become invasive pests are found in about 3% of fresh fruits and vegetables, and under the Plant Protection Act, all cargo containing plant materials, from ...