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, ...

As a long-term advocate for organic growing, time and time again I come up across the same misconceptions about organic pest control and what it really involves. These myths can easily get in the way ...

I was raised in Maryland and my family cultivated, and ate and grew from, an organic half-acre garden plot. The kids were responsible for pest control and I remember picking Japanese beetles off a ...

Learn how certain flies, wasps, spiders, and other beneficial garden insects can keep garden pest populations in check and strengthen your backyard ecosystem. Our gardens are home to many natural ...

Ah, organic gardening: juicy tomatoes, sweet strawberries and crisp kale — it’s perfection, right? It can be, especially with the help of beneficial insects to do some of your dirty work for you.

Monsoon brings pests to vegetable gardens. Chemical sprays harm soil and insects. Organic methods support biodiversity and are safe. Use neem oil as a natural repellent. Companion planting confuses ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

From reading my past columns, books and other writings, you may have gathered that the main molasses I use is blackstrap molasses. But I really don’t use it much, because it’s expensive and difficult ...

To understand organic garden you need to understand Mother Nature and respect her ways.. Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. --Francis Bacon (1561-1626) You can often hear people say, “Back ...

Organic gardening is a method of growing plants without the use of synthetic pesticides, fertilizers, or genetically modified ...

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, ...

The monsoon season brings lush greenery, cooler temperatures, and the perfect conditions for your vegetable garden to thrive. But with the rain comes an army of unwanted visitors, pests. From snails ...