Two years ago, I had a problem in a few of my raised garden beds. I remember waking up one morning and seeing my month-old pepper plants looking pretty ragged. I didn’t see any plant-chewing...
Category: Bugs
Whether you’ve just started gardening or have been doing so for years, you’ve probably heard of stink bugs even if you haven’t yet seen one in your garden. Stink bugs are members of the...
Given the increasing global use of commercial pesticides and the insecticidal immunity and resistance that many bugs have developed in response, gardeners sometimes have to think a bit outside the...
Wherever you live, you’ve probably seen these little bugs. As a child, I called them “rollie pollies” or doodle bugs, but as I got older, I learned that most people refer to them as pill...
Neem oil is an incredible natural insecticide that will repel, harm, or kill over 200 different kinds of pests. But what happens to earthworms when you spray your plants with neem oil? Are they...
If your garden plants have ever been torn up by armyworms, then you know firsthand what a nuisance they can be. These pests are the larval form of dullish brown moths, and although the moth is...
