If you’ve ever knelt beside a squash vine and wondered what bored through the stem or watched your roses crinkle under a siege of aphids, you’re not alone. Garden pests are a persistent challenge in ...

If you're new to gardening, it's easy to underestimate how much pests can affect your squash plants. Try planting a trap crop ...

Butternut squash is a staple this time of year, but how do you cook it? Though it can seem like an intimidating vegetable, especially if you’re unfamiliar with it, it’s something even home chefs can ...

Root pruning from corn rootworm can cause significant yield loss, up to 15% yield loss for every node pruned back to 1.5" of ...

Gardens are supposed to be peaceful havens—lush greenery, bright blooms, and the gentle hum of life. But what happens when a ...

Since the early 2000s, the emerald ash borer has been a thorn in homeowners’ sides—or anyone with trees in their yard. These invasive insect pests cause oft-catastrophic damage to ash trees, and ...

Sherri Gordon, CLC is a certified professional life coach, author, and journalist covering health and wellness, social issues, parenting, and mental health. She also has a certificate of completion ...

University of Idaho researchers say the mint stem borer has emerged as a threat to mint production in the state’s southwest, but no insecticide is registered by the U.S. Environmental Protection ...

An emerald ash borer is a tiny, shimmering green fleck about as long as a pencil eraser. But the invasive beetles can cause big problems for ash trees, and they’ve been spotted for the first time in ...

This has been an eventful year for me. With some trepidation, I published a memoir, How Not To Be A Political Wife. In it, I was very honest – some might say a little too honest – about a lot of ...

It was on the day that Jeremy Vine had a safety expert follow him on his bicycle to work, assessing where the TV presenter might be vulnerable to personal attack, that the enormity of a calculated and ...