Pests and diseases are biotic factors that impact an ecosystem and its organisms. Examples: those deer mowing your hostas to ...

Aphids can cause chaos in the garden, but there's a simple and natural way to keep the population in check - and it doesn't ...

The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension system, serving our ...

Bug zappers are marketed to reduce the mosquito population, making outdoor spaces more usable during nighttime. If the bugs are attracted to the zapper’s light, they won’t bother you, who is a safe ...

Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view ...

Plants like potatoes, corn, fennel, eggplant, cabbages, are just a few out of these 13 plants that you shouldn't grow with ...

The sooty mold struggle is real! A gardenia I grew from a clipping was on the brink of disaster, but with some research and a lot of elbow grease, I managed to nurse it back to health. Here's the ...

The majority of insects are considered beneficial or harmless. Of course, those are the ones we want to have hanging around.

If you garden without pesticides, one of the best ways to manage pests is by keeping your plants healthy and encouraging ...

Lettuce, spinach, and chamomile all make wonderful companions for beets because they grow quickly and offer additional ...

One gardener goes viral on TikTok after using their imagination to explain companion planting to other home gardeners.

Plants I use to fight insects in vining vegetables are marigolds and radishes. They give off a scent that repels the most ...