Gardening is a great hobby for many reasons, but if you're seeing ants in your garden, something could be very wrong. Here's ...

I am getting mixed recommendations on the use of pesticides in my garden when I ask gardening friends and local garden center ...

It’s that time of year again where signs start popping up on street corners and cards appear in mailboxes from businesses offering to eradicate mosquitoes and ticks from our backyards. While some of ...

If your vegetable garden is overrun with pests that are eating the fruits (or veggies) of your labor, attracting more insects just might be the solution.

As peonies come to life, some people have noticed black ants crawling all over the buds.

These 12 companion plants will benefit from having basil as their neighbor. Help your garden thrive by pairing basil with ...

As an increasing number of Virginians foraging for wild plants are eating poisonous greenery, a book to help people to identify and avoid poisonous plants found in the state is now available as a ...

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Biocontrol is often cheaper than applying agrochemicals, especially if the introduced “natural enemy” can thrive without ...

There are close to 50,000 known species of spiders, with another 50,000 estimated to be undiscovered. While the creepy arachnids can be frightening to look at, many are harmless to humans.