10 easy ways to outsmart garden pests
This ant trap for the home is easy to make and inexpensive.
A homemade spray for all-purpose garden pest control.
Mosquitoes are annoying, but the pesticides used to eradicate them can damage your health. Here’s what you need to know.
Here is the expert's plan for the best way to diagnose tricky tree problems.
Bugged by spring insects? Use natural pest control—not unhealthy, toxic chemicals—to protect yourself and your home.
A scientist evaluates the many ways gardeners try to get rid of nasty fire ants and names the most effective.
A simple DIY fence can give you a pest-free garden.
What are horticultural oils and where can I get them?
Be they tomato or tobacco, hornworms are a hungry bunch.
Let Mother Nature handle your pest control.
Once you’ve identified the troublemakers, you can control them with an assortment of organic pest-control products.
Easy-to-build row covers protect your crops from frost and other damage.
Slugs can do a lot of damage to tender plants. Learn how to stop them.
Prevent a Spinach Leafminer infestation with row covers and pollen-heavy plants.
Out-smart common garden pests by strategically timing your planting.
The chemicals sprayed on tomatoes and potatoes could be making people who live near farms sick.
When Peter Piper planted his peppers, he may have plotted a plan against pests and pestilence in one of these ways.
A least most wanted list
Learn how to handle an early mosquito hatch.