In the battle against garden pests, sometimes it pays to fight fire with fire by enlisting beneficial insects to help control harmful bugs in your garden. Organic gardening principles call for ...
Ladybugs, lacewings, and other beneficial insects feed on plant pests and naturally make gardens more pest-resistant. But like pollinators, these “good bugs" also feed on nectar and pollen, and ...
Right about now, the good bugs and the bad bugs are starting to duke it out in our gardens. Who will win? That depends on many factors. Aphids, for instance, can get a jump early, before the migratory ...
Vegetables and summer flowers are in full swing growing in backyards throughout Southern California. Gardeners are enjoying the fruits of their labors, but they’re not the only ones eager to munch on ...
Q. I am trying to use more natural controls in my vegetable garden so I purchased some ladybugs to eat the aphids on my broccoli and released them in the garden. How can I tell if they are reproducing ...
DEAR GARDEN COACH: I recently visited a nursery and noticed a product that attracted ladybugs to the garden. I am wondering what this might be and if it is safe to use. I would love to attract ...
On Thursday afternoon, Westminster welcomed guests at city hall. Only on this day, there were 100,000 of them and they were all insects. The city, the Westminster Tree Commission, and Bartlett Tree ...
DEAR GARDEN COACH: I recently visited a nursery and noticed a product that attracted ladybugs to the garden. I am wondering what this might be and if it is safe to use. I would love to attract ...
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