Something always waits for a chance to ruin a garden harvest. Birds eye the berries, squirrels plot their raids, and insects ...

The right garden netting protects crops without endangering your backyard visitors. But one option does far more harm than most gardeners realize.

Using garden netting is a traditional pest-control method for backyards, as it creates a protective barrier around precious crops while letting sunshine and moisture through. It cuts out the need for ...

I have been a proponent of floating row cover for years. When placed on hoops over a vegetable crop, this lightweight fabric allows sunlight and moisture to pass through it and acts as a physical ...

Cabbage family crops are some of the tastiest veggies a gardener can grow. Often referred to as brassicas or cole crops, examples include arugula, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, kale, kohlrabi, ...

Every 17 years, the cicadas come. There are more than 3,000 species of cicadas, but the ones we’re talking about emerge cyclically. They dig out from their underground pods, molt, grow new wings, mate ...