Columnist Robin Trott shares tips for how to scout your garden and what you should be looking for.

Rotating crops, using straw mulch, and adding companion plants to the garden are all great ways to prevent squash bugs from ruining your vegetables. If an infestation has already started, you can pick ...

There are remedies that can rid veggies of common insects if applied at the first signs of activity, Don Kinzler writes.

Gardeners have had a broad range of experiences with their vegetable gardens this season. Some planted early in May with the ...

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Cucumber beetles can damage your crop by feeding and carrying disease, but you can mitigate the problem by delaying your ...

You don't need to use pesticides to get rid of squash bugs. Here's how to prevent and control squash bugs with all natural ...

Some companion plants can serve as insect attractants that lure pests away from crop plants. Nasturtiums tend to attract ...

In Illinois, we track heat accumulation using growing degree days. These help predict when certain insects will emerge or ...

Vegetable gardens are producing, and this is the time of year we begin to see disease and insect issues. Here are a few ...

"If you want to be rid of spiders in your home space, I would encourage you to not squash. You can either do two things: You ...

I received my first question about Japanese beetles. Throughout a growing season, plants, insects, diseases and many other ...