It's frustrating when birds or insects ravage your hard-earned fruits and vegetables in the garden. For a non-chemical ...

Planting vegetables is a great way to make your garden productive as well as beautiful. If you sow the seeds in the right conditions and keep their light and water levels consistent, you should be ...

Taking advantage of the natural benefits that come from companion planting can help deter lots of pests that usually trouble sweet potato plants. Your plants can remain healthy and grow strong to give ...

Researcher touts hubbard squash as being effective against two species. I had the opportunity to attend my national meeting for county agricultural educators this past week. It was wonderful going ...

There's no rule that says vegetables and flowers have to be grown separately. Add these blooms to your vegetable garden to boost your yield.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images Flowers aren’t just ornamental, they can be beneficial, too. This is especially true when it comes to your vegetable ...

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

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 ...

Q: I’d like to have a plan to reduce pests in my vegetable garden this year. There’s got to be an easier way than chasing after one booming population to the next…I hope! A: There are a few tactics ...

Vegetable production in the region is in full swing and insects populations can be a concern as they buildup to damaging levels late in the growing season. Here are a few common pests that are ...