This popular gardener is showing the public a simple, natural way to keep a certain class of pests away from plants. Gardener ...

WGN’s “Plant Daddy” Tim Joyce is back to share some weekend gardening tips, including how to manage household pests soil ...

Banker plants are valuable against common strawberry pests, such as aphids, thrips, and two-spotted spider mites. Cereal banker plants combat this scourge through an ongoing supply of non-pest aphids, ...

Before bringing home a plant, inspect it closely. Look at the soil, stem, leaves and, importantly, under the leaves, where ...

What if you could protect your plants from unwanted insects by simply planting carefully chosen "trap crops" elsewhere in your garden? These sacrificial plants would naturally attract pests and ...

There are few crops more satisfying to harvest than fresh homegrown tomatoes; it is one of the reasons why they are top of many people’s favorite crops to grow at home. So it is important to do ...

When cold weather sets in, it’s tempting to assume pest problems go into hibernation along with the garden. Unfortunately, ...

Flipping over a kale or zucchini leaf and finding a zillion aphids is the worst. Rather than reaching for chemical ...

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A bill at the state Legislature would create a program supporting the production of virus- and pest-free plants to ...