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 ...

As vegetable garden planting begins, visions of last year’s insect problems may invade gardeners’ minds. Will bean leaf ...

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 ...

Other important cucumber pollinators include native bee species, syrphid flies (a.k.a. hover or flower flies), and soldier beetles (which are also good predators). Many of the same plants that ...

Based on my own experiences and observations of building a company, here’s a closer look at the life cycle of a startup and what it takes to win at each stage. In the early days of a startup ...

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 ...