Scale insects are one of the most common and tenacious pest of ornamental plants. “Scales are tiny insects that appear ...

It’s gut-wrenching when the almost-ready-to-harvest lush lettuce and tender tomatoes that you’ve spent months painstakingly tending are ravaged by rodents or butchered by bugs. Some garden pests are ...

Spring sunlight sparks excitement above ground, but the real action begins under the soil. While gardeners celebrate the ...

A garden border should feel like the proud frame around a beautiful painting, not a buffet line for every bug, slug, and ...

Learn how to use wood chips effectively, control garden pests with trap cropping, and simplify composting with trench methods ...

Every garden season is filled with beautiful and tasty surprises along with a few challenges. One challenge gardeners face each year is managing insect pests while keeping the pollinators safe.

June is a prime time for pests to go after your budding vegetable garden. The Sonoma County Master Gardeners are holding a free workshop June 7 with ways to identify, prevent, and manage common garden ...

Cucumber plants are fairly vulnerable to a wide variety of garden pests. And in order to protect your harvests, you can explore two options. The first is to reach for chemical pesticides at the first ...

You’re probably quick to get rid of fruit flies, ants, and other inside critters, but did you know there are garden pests that require just as swift intervention? Whether you’re an avid gardener or a ...

Pests are an unavoidable part of life, and your kitchen is their favorite destination. With its constant supply of food and warmth, it's a beacon for everything from ants to flies ...

Which species are tomatoes' foes and which are their friends?

Imagine a world where farms bear no crops, forests have no trees and nature exists without plants. Not only will our world look incredibly different, but humanity would likely cease to exist ...