A neighbor texted me this week asking for advice about controlling carpenter bees. She was hoping for an exterminator ...

Want to protect your young plants from the ravages of slugs and snails? A classic gardening tip is to use crushed eggshells ...

Ornamental sweet potato vine, as seen in the foreground, will die off in the winter but its tubers will remain to sprout ...

It got me thinking about the importance of taking a beat to learn whether insects actually pose any harm — and, if so, how ...

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is an effective, nature-friendly method that aims to prevent both insects and larger ...

This is the final story in “The Healing Soil: Detroit’s Urban Farms,” a three-part series being co-published with Outlier ...

Avoid plant damage by deterring garden slugs with bar soap shavings ... If slugs are already on your plants, your soap barrier won't control them. Once you stop seeing as many slugs out and about, ...

Now that the weather is getting colder, humans and insects alike are looking to curl up and get warm. Here's how to protect ...

From seed-bombing to building community gardens, guerrilla gardening turns unsightly city spaces into natural havens ...

Rachel Lambert Mellon's love for the environment continues at her estate through the Oak Spring Garden Foundation.

With the poinsettia market high for holiday festivities, slugs can become most prevalent in the fall and winter months, due ...

Using coffee grounds in the garden is a popular slug repellent and salt is a known slug killer, and this is exactly what using fertiliser against slugs is based on. ‘Fertilisers such as potash and ...