The Power of Companion Planting Monoculture is an open invitation for pests; when an entire patch is dedicated to a single ...

The later weeks of July are usually when the activity of damaging insects seems to reach its peak.

Strategically planting certain plants helps keep pests at bay in the vegetable garden. Strong odors and flavors, along with chemical compounds found in these vegetables, won't annihilate pest problems ...

Most gardeners think of pest control as a spray bottle problem. Something goes wrong, something gets applied, and you hope for the best. The reality is that one of the most effective pest management ...

The other day while poking around a Delicata squash plant looking for blossoms, I found a good-sized colony of black bean aphids on the undersides of some leaves. Those aphids are the hardest of all ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aphids that pose the most serious problem to Wisconsin vegetable production include the green peach, melon, and potato aphids.

Growing this sunny flower as a companion plant won't only help attract beneficial bugs to your veggie patch, but it will also act as bait, aka a trap crop.

Three new Genome British Columbia (Genome BC) funded research projects are developing tools to help farmers protect British Columbia’s valuable crops. These projects share a common goal: to improve ...