Some situations keep coming back year after year. A few topics that I wish I could take a few years off from writing about are army worms, sod webworms, mosquitoes, gray leaf spot, chinch bugs, ...

I have been writing this column since around 1989. Right after Hurricane Hugo, I started this column (with the help of many others from the Post and Courier family) to try to help people out with ...

Across the state, lawns are in trouble. Sod webworms are the main culprit this year, said LSU AgCenter Extension specialist Ron Strahan. “The numbers are biblical," Strahan said. "We have observed ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — As the weather gets warmer, you might be getting the urge to finally head outside and plant a beautiful spring garden, or make sure your lawn is lush and green. But some ...

Duker Meyers, owner of Duke’s Lawn Care, sprays for armyworms on a west Wichita lawn. The invasive insect is killing lawns all over Wichita. Myers had 40 customers call on Saturday alone to have their ...

Last summer and fall, local lawns were hit with an outbreak of sod webworms. This pest tends to be cyclic, with outbreaks occurring several years apart. However, a few weeks ago, I began to get emails ...

Oklahoma agriculture experts said armyworms are invading Green Country even more than usual this year, plowing lawns down to the dirt and leaving the grass dead until next season. A feed store manager ...

People are always yapping about needing smaller lawns. Now that can happen, and they won't need to lift a finger. In fact, they can wake up in the morning to find their lawns completely gone, thanks ...

Oak tree with brown, brittle leaves during oak moth infestation. (Marcia Heller photo) I might unwittingly be carving out a ...

Last summer I found three tomato hornworms feeding on my tomato vines. I was impressed with their bright colors and 4-inch length and wondered just what kind of a moth these turn into when they ...