Are your prized roses looking more like a lace doily than a healthy display of blooms? If so, you're probably battling an iridescent, leaf-chomping menace known as the Japanese beetle. These ...

If you think herbs are only good for spicing up your dinner, think again. There are tons of herbs that can do a lot more than just add flavor to a meal, like helping your entire garden thrive by ...

Gardeners worried about the safety of synthetic pest-control products sometimes turn to botanically derived compounds instead. But many of those also contain toxic ingredients, such as nicotine, ...

MOLINE, Ill. — News 8 plant and garden expert Craig Hignight says the best time to start planting is any time past Mother's Day. And with that gardening comes pests. But there are many natural ...

Have you planted your lettuce and radishes? It is not too late to put in these cool-weather crops. Peas, spinach, dill and a few others also need the cool, damp April weather in which to germinate.

Learn how certain flies, wasps, spiders, and other beneficial garden insects can keep garden pest populations in check and strengthen your backyard ecosystem. Our gardens are home to many natural ...

They have been part of American horticulture — and culture — for nearly 150 years, yet Japanese gardens remain a mystery for many people. That doesn’t have to be the case. According to Tim Gruner, the ...

With the high cost of organics at the supermarket, you might assume that gardening organically is expensive and difficult. The fact is that it doesn’t have to be. You can start an organic garden quite ...

It’s spring, and insects are hatching, flying, and munching. Contrary to what you may think, most are not a problem for your garden. There are over a million named insect species and many — perhaps ...

The devastation of grasshoppers has been legend for eons. Grasshoppers are locusts and we all recall the 10 plagues of Egypt in biblical times. The plague of locusts was the eighth plague and ate ...