Garden insects aid in pollination, natural pest control, and soil enrichment. Supporting beneficial insects leads to a ...

Bug hotels are a great way to attract beneficial insects to your garden. Also known as insect hotels or insect houses, they are structures filled with different kinds of natural materials - dead wood, ...

Habitat loss is a great cause of wildlife endangerment. You can help in your home garden by creating a wildlife habitat with ...

Smithsonian Gardeners created a beautiful overwintering habitat for bugs in the Ripley Garden. Inspiration from Flora Grubb Gardens Everyone needs a warm place to snuggle up for winter. That includes ...

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As I chase baby lubber grasshoppers in the office landscape using any legal means of control before they reach adulthood, I am contemplating other techniques I might employ to help me with this ...

Before you reach for that pesticide spray to do battle with an insect in your garden, consider the beneficial insects living in your garden that thrive on consuming the pests. A pesticide sprayed over ...

The sixth principle of the Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ program is important for attaining a healthy landscape while protecting the environment. When the need to control insect pests arises, spraying ...

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 ...

While some gardeners still think that any bug in the garden is a bad bug, change is in the air. Most plant-lovers now realize that insects and plants go hand-in-hand and that there are far more ...

A neighbor texted me this week asking for advice about controlling carpenter bees. She was hoping for an exterminator recommendation, but I gave her a simple, do-it-yourself solution that is easier on ...

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