Cabbage worms can destroy your broccoli, kale, and cauliflower crops. Some effective prevention methods include using netting, spraying a natural insecticide, or using diatomaceous earth. Make sure to ...

Are plants disappearing from your garden? Are there holes in the leaves? Are your plants sticky? You may have a pest problem in your garden, and pests can really plague a garden and prevent you from ...

If your cole crops (cabbage, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, kohlrabi) are doing well, chances are the critters that chew holes into the leaves are also doing well. The most common and ...

Every garden season is filled with beautiful and tasty surprises along with a few challenges. One challenge gardeners face each year is managing insect pests while keeping the pollinators safe.

Do you know why the vegetable band sounded a little off at the concert the other night? They were missing a beet. On any given summer evening, you can usually find me in one of two places. I’m either ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners. Happy 4th of July. I talk to concerned gardeners every year about insects and disease, so this week I will discuss using a more natural approach with the ...

When it comes to controlling pests in the garden, gardeners may find themselves asking themselves if they should use a natural or organic pesticide verses a synthetic pesticide. Biopesticides are ...

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 ...