Identify common garden insects with these garden bugs’ pictures and descriptions and become an expert bug identifier. I never use pesticides in my gardens. To do so would interfere with the life ...

Ladybugs (also known as lady beetles) are insects that are good for your yard. Photo courtesy Getty Images. Do you have a gardening question? The UC Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County can help.

Good guy or bad guy? Believe it or not, many insects in the landscape are beneficial to our gardens. When spotting insects in ...

This summer certainly is the year for green insects — with Japanese beetles making their presence known, emerald ash borers knocking on our door, and the usual suspects just seeming to be more visible ...

Backyard Farmer will give some insect identification tips and more This week on Backyard Farmer we get some insect identification tips and hear about a young boy’s passion for gardening. In addition ...

CORVALLIS – You look around the garden and see aphids suck the life out of your rose buds, flea beetles chomp on the cauliflower and cabbage butterflies lay eggs that will turn into voracious ...

Here’s how to stop these bugs from ruining your harvest ...

Before you start looking for signs of spring in the garden, look around for trouble: insect eggs. “A number of problem insects overwinter as eggs on trees and shrubs,” said Sharon Yiesla, plant ...

For information or help with your garden, lawn, trees, or plants in general, you can contact the Master Gardener Hotline via email (mghotline@gmail.com) or call (260-481-6425). This is a free service.

The WSU/Spokane County Master Gardeners can help with insect identification at their plant clinic, located at 222 N. Havana St. Their web address is http://www ...

To be a successful gardener, it is important to have an integrated approach to handling obstacles in the garden. These considerations include techniques such as planting resistant crop varieties, ...

Homegrown blog reader Cyndi Lee asked about a large trail that looked like sawdust falling from her tree. On closer inspection, she saw that the dust was actually tiny pale-yellow worms. Laura Jesse, ...