If you notice your plants are being devoured, it's likely by one of these common garden creatures. Tammi Mild / Getty Images While there are plenty of beneficial insects and cute mammals in your yard, ...

Pest prevention is a year-round task, and if you forget to do this one thing in fall, you could end up with a much bigger ...

While they may look similar to the invasive Joro spiders, these common arachnids not only help pollinators, they keep pests ...

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When the days get shorter and the air turns crisp, it’s a sure sign that your garden is winding down for the year.

There are three common underground insect pests often encountered while preparing garden soil or planting a garden. They are grubs, wireworms and cutworms. Grubs are the larval stage of an assortment ...

While you might welcome the recent pattern of milder winters followed by the earlier arrival of spring, the greater number of warm days could spell trouble for your garden. Many common plant pests and ...

During the spring and fall, when Marin County gets rain, slugs and snails are a constant presence in my West Marin garden.

5 things to do in the garden this week: 1. Take root cuttings from woody perennials at this time. When new growth on hydrangeas and azaleas, for example, begins to harden several inches from shoot ...

Wherever you go, gardeners will tell you about the terrible pest problems they have to deal with in their landscapes. Here in southeast Louisiana, with our mild winters and long, hot, humid summers, ...

Fall gardening might sound serene—crisp air, golden leaves, and the satisfying crunch of soil beneath your boots—but every ...