Researcher touts hubbard squash as being effective against two species. I had the opportunity to attend my national meeting for county agricultural educators this past week. It was wonderful going ...

The other day while poking around a Delicata squash plant looking for blossoms, I found a good-sized colony of black bean aphids on the undersides of some leaves. Those aphids are the hardest of all ...

The vegetables and plants in your garden that you need to get rid of due to them bringing pests to your garden.

Raising a vegetable garden with years of continuous success and high-yielding plants is a skill. However, it’s not just a matter of having a green thumb. Utilizing crop rotation in the garden can ...

If you have a lot of pests and bugs in your yard, these plants and flowers could be the very reason why.

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February is whizzing by and before we know it, planting season will be upon us. Avid gardeners have been poring over seed catalogs, inventorying their home seed libraries and planning this year’s ...

One of the special joys of home vegetable gardening is harvesting vine-ripened tomatoes. Many gardeners have planted their ...

A successful vegetable garden should not only contain vegetables. It should be a diverse planting scheme, or polyculture, that also includes herbs and a range of flowers. In an organic garden, ...

Here is an easy guide on what vegetables to grow when you are a beginner gardener. It's easier than you would think.

Planting a garden is a great way to feel connected to your food supply and seasonal changes. But gardening might seem out of ...