Articles related to "Insect Pests"

Insecticides or repellents are the most common forms of insect pest control but attracting beneficial insects may be a more effective control.

Beyond overall looks and vigor, check your new rose bush carefully for pests before you bring it home from the store. Does it have aphids, whiteflies, or spider mites?

Many gardeners would rather use natural products to control pests, but are confused about developing an overall strategy for natural pest control.

Organic gardeners can plant trap crops that lure insect pests away from the cash crop or desired vegetable plot. Learn about border trap cropping and row intercropping.

A 2002 study conducted by The National Audubon Society found that homeowners are using 50% more herbicides than they did 20 years ago.

Microscopic plants that died 30 million years ago can help rid the garden of insect pests without harming valuable plants.

You don't need toxic chemicals to remove pesky insects from your garden. There are natural methods to banish the troublemakers.

Homeowners spend hours outdoors, entertaining, working and playing. But they share their back yards with an uninvited guest - the mosquito.

Now you can save money and grow healthful organic vegetables right in your own backyard.

Control insect pests in your garden with beneficial insects - the natural organic way.

The American Crow is known for feasting on garbage, carrion, crops, and livestock, but these intelligent birds eat pests, clean up road kill, and raise big families.

Integrated pest management includes prevention, monitoring, and pesticides which may or may not be organic to control insect pests.

Through the use of organically acceptable garden practises, pests and diseases can be minimised, by adopting an holistic approach through Integrated Pest management.

Follow these simple poinsettia buying tips to purchase a fresh and healthy poinsettia for the longest lasting display this holiday season for yourself -- or as a gift.

Red Imported Fire Ants are an imported pest that have thrived in the US, causing agricultural damage and human health hazards.

Dry summer weather can be a problematic time in areas across the country but there are a few perennials that you can depend on to make your yard shine during the heat.

Mealybugs damage leaves and shoots of many garden plants in the landscape. Kill mealybugs on vegetables and flowers without using chemical pesticides.

July and August in Texas can sometimes seem devoid of color. The roadsides and even some lawns are turning brown and the sky is white-hot with only a trace of light blue.

Capable of eating 1,200 mosquitoes in an hour, the little brown bat has earned the reputation of being the best bug killer anywhere in the world.

Every successful undertaking requires a solid, well-thought-out plan. Gardening is no different.

Desert vegetable garden pests come in all sizes and shapes, from microscopic, to many legged and small, to two- and four-legged and large.

Chemical pesticides pose enormous health risks to humans and animals. An ecofriendly alternative is the need of the hour.

Before buying a rose bush, you should kick the tires. Is the plant a healthy one worthy of being planted in your flower garden? Here’s what to look for in a healthy rose.

Buying a rose bush is an investment. Will it thrive and flourish in your flower garden? Follow these rose buying tips and be an educated rose consumer!

Citrus borer and codling moth are two major annoyances for home orchardists. They need controlling if you want to grow good fruit.

Scale insects are starting to get established on many types of trees, covering branches, leaves and anything beneath it with a stick, sooty mess populated by bees.

Golf courses in the north are currently recruiting new members. If you golf often, it might be beneficial to join a club for the following reasons.

Organic cotton production is possible when farmers use cover crops and other natural pest and disease controls to stop boll weevils, bollworms, and boll rot.

Hurricanes Katrina and Ike pointed out how fragile homes can be. With new construction or rebuilding after storm damage, build green, sustainable, and strong with ICFs.

It is possible to keep lemon verbena plants alive in the house over the winter, with these tips.

It might look messy or even complicated, but using Permaculture principals encourages us to look beyond our gardens to create a locally sustainable and productive system.

These plants are famously known as shamrocks or four leaf clovers but they are so much more, Read on for more info on this outstanding houseplant!

Put simply if pests can't reach your crops they can't cause any damage. The use of barriers makes pest control without chemicals a reality for the organic gardener.

Adding to the main causes of biodiversity loss such as deforestation, changes in habitat and land degradation are now alien species harming native ecosystem services.

Aphids and other insects can damage garden plants, but their natural predators can easily be enlisted to control them organically.

Black-capped Chickadees look like happy carefree visitors to woodlands and bird feeders, but these birds are intelligent, hierarchical, and territorial.

Harvest a bevy of brassica greens from the southern kitchen garden for a healthy diet in the new year.

Buying a new rose bush requires careful inspection to avoid potentially disastrous disease problems. Do you know the signs of black spot, rust and rose mosaic?

How do you make your final selection when it comes to buying a rose bush? Here’s when NOT to go by the book! Hint: Have you experienced it in bloom up close in real life?

A good quality rose bush has a healthy root system right from the start. Learn to recognize potential root problems and avoid purchasing a badly grown rose.

Cracking is a preventable disorder in tomatoes whereby the tomato skin splits when internal growth outpaces the skin's ability to expand.

The Common Grackle prefers open spaces and is frequently seen foraging on the ground. It looks black but has beautiful shades of colour when seen from the right angle.

Stocks, a hardy annual, pay big dividends in fragrance, flowers, foliage, and fortitude in the cool-season fall garden. In a bare garden go bullish with stocks!

Plum curculio beetles damage many fruits in the organic garden, not just plums. Kill these garden insect pests safely and inexpensively.

Eastern redbud trees and cultivars enrich landscape gardens with varieties of form, silhouettes and unusual seasonal color. Site selection is essential for good display.

Edible Chinese Water Chestnuts (Eleocharis dulcis), sometimes known as Matai, can be an excellent backyard or medium-scale crop.

North American chimneys east of the Rockies are often occupied by roosting flocks of Chimney Swifts. These birds are also tireless fliers-masters of the air.

Lawns are the welcome mat to a home. Maintaining healthy green grass is important to the conscientious homeowner.

A garden transition zone, where open space gradually changes to the deep shade of mature trees, is prime backyard bird habitat.

Pick the best tools, supplies, and products for organic gardeners at gift-giving time to make organic gardening easy and enjoyable.