Discover effective wildlife removal strategies to protect your home garden and enjoy a peaceful outdoor space with humane, eco-friendly methods.

Whether you're growing indoors or out, prevention is often better than cure when dealing with pests. Here are my DIY measures ...

There are a few approaches to treating an outbreak. First, quarantine the plant. If you’re not too squeamish, just squish all ...

Identify common garden insects with these garden bugs’ pictures and descriptions and become an expert bug identifier. I never use pesticides in my gardens. To do so would interfere with the life ...

For a lush green lawn next spring and summer, fall fertilizing is the way to go. Consider topdressing the entire lawn with ...

While there were no termites to be found, something just as bad was lurking in the walls. “You have wood-boring beetles,” ...

Plants won’t need watering nearly as often as they might have during the growing season, but if we have a dry winter, they still would benefit from regular checking and occasional watering.

I have always been a spider fan and certainly tossed my fair share of helpless insects into Argiope garden spider webs as a child. Spiders are one of the garden’s most effective allies in ...

What's the trick to ditching synthetic chemicals and fertilizers? Use the power of nature to boost your organic garden's ...

Send events for this calendar to homes@dailyherald.com with “calendar listing” in the subject line. Deadline is two weeks ...