Ah, the bounty of spring: all the tender new foliage on trees and shrubs, flowers galore and prolific growth in the vegetable garden. We gardeners revel in the abundance the season brings, and ...

Learn how to get rid of Japanese beetles with these tips from an expert. Discover preventive measures to keep your garden ...

One such beetle is the bombardier beetle. This YouTube video shows a bombardier beetle defending itself against a scorpion by producing a boiling hot chemical spray. As you can see in the clip, upon ...

This is the month most container flowers are planted to accent homes, draw attention to front doors or away from unsightly ...

Some pests can be avoided by planting at the proper time. Cucumber beetles are a prime example of this. If we plant cucurbits (squash, cucumbers, melons, and pumpkins) at the right time ...

If you have dead, bare patches, the likely culprits are the grubs of Japanese beetles. The adults lay their eggs in lawn turf in late summer. The grubs spend the winter and spring eating the roots ...

Spring is a busy time of year for most gardens, with bulbs transforming into blooms and lawns coming back to life after the cold ... plants is by simply using a cucumber. Chances are there ...

BC's Philip Landrigan, M.D., and the Minderoo-Monaco Commission on Plastics and Human Health present a sweeping new report showing plastic as a hazard at every stage of its life cycle Philip Landrigan ...

When you have this many plants this early, every cucumber beetle, squash bug, and vine borer from miles around gets the memo and they all seem famished and anxious to come chow down on our plants.

Some research suggests that the mating pheromone for the striped cucumber beetle may also attract squash bugs, opening up interesting control possibilities, although more research is needed. Squash ...