If you’ve been gardening for any amount of time, you’ve probably heard that aphids are bad news. But have you ever wondered how exactly aphids will harm your plants? Or what aphid damage looks...

If you’ve been gardening for any amount of time, you’ve likely had to deal with aphids at least once each season...and likely over and over year after year. It seems they’re always coming...

Whether you’re new to growing your own okra plants or you’ve been growing them for years, at some point in time, you’ve probably seen tiny specks clustered around the plants’ leaves, buds, or...

If you're new to gardening, you might have looked out at your garden during a rainstorm and wondered if the rain would help take care of your pest problems. Maybe it would wash off and kill some...

Aphids are a practically unavoidable menace to gardeners everywhere. There’s nearly 5,000 different species, they’re spread across all corners of the world, and they’ll show up out of...

One of my favorite things to grow is lettuce. I go overboard in the spring planting rows of butterhead, loose-leaf, and romaine (my neighbors love me!). And I can often get a great fall crop since I...