The universal spray: It’s a fungicide! An insecticide! A floor wax! Rick, who works in Laurel and lives all the way up in Westminster, writes: “I have a small raised-bed garden that contains tomatoes, ...

TikTok gardener and educator Potted Gem (@potted_gem) posted a video of a recipe for a chili and garlic spray to keep pests away naturally. First, she chopped up a cayenne pepper and several cloves of ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If you want to live a long and healthy life, eating veggies is a good way to go. Yet it's hardly a straight road. From ensuring you're getting ...

Natural pesticides are a safer and more environmentally friendly alternative to synthetic chemicals. There are several proven natural pesticides to choose from. Natural pesticides work best with other ...

Summer gardening means fresh homegrown vegetables like tomatoes, zucchini, potatoes and cucumbers. Growing your own vegetables unfortunately also means dealing with the inevitable common garden pests.

Protect pollinators by choosing and using organic products wisely. (Susan Mulvihill/For The Spokesman-Review) Buy this photo I like to encourage gardeners to deal with their insect problems through ...

Ginger root has a strong smell, pleasant to us but repellant to many pests and animals. But you have to do more than toss a ...

CORVALLIS — Freshly planted and carefully tended, vegetable gardens can quickly become a magnet for trouble. Problems seem to spring up overnight. Weeds, for instance, can overtake a garden in days.

Q: I’d like to have a plan to reduce pests in my vegetable garden this year. There’s got to be an easier way than chasing after one booming population to the next…I hope! A: There are a few tactics ...

It’s the beginning of 2025 and the cusp of another year of gardening. Gardening has seasons where plants grow best, flowers bloom, vegetables provide their fruit, and pests invade your garden. Many of ...

If you have a vegetable garden, you've more than likely run into one or all of these common pests, all hungry caterpillars when they do their damage. The most dramatic is the tomato hornworm, the most ...