Follow these tips to keep pests off your vegetable garden.

Here’s what’s eating your vegetable plants.

Your plants are leaving clues—don't ignore them.

Strategically planting certain plants helps keep pests at bay in the vegetable garden. Strong odors and flavors, along with chemical compounds found in these vegetables, won't annihilate pest problems ...

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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.

You can have a beautiful, productive garden while working with nature to manage insect pests. As you incorporate various eco-friendly pest management strategies, you will encourage songbirds, ...

July and August in the vegetable garden typically bring bountiful harvests of colorful vegetables. These are also the months when insect pests can really make their presence known, with plant and ...

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Exotic organisms that have the potential to become invasive pests are found in about 3% of fresh fruits and vegetables, and under the Plant Protection Act, all cargo containing plant materials, from ...