Although we love the natural world, we don't really love it when it starts attacking our veggies just as they begin to thrive. There is nothing as disappointing as going out to check your crops in the ...

I have been a proponent of floating row cover for years. When placed on hoops over a vegetable crop, this lightweight fabric allows sunlight and moisture to pass through it and acts as a physical ...

A row of crops being protected by insect netting - Thomas Faull/Getty Images We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Ask any gardener who their nemesis is, and they will probably ...

Last year, something damaged my chives and garlic, starting with odd rows of white dots on the leaves. The garlic damage was extensive enough later in the season that I couldn’t use the whole crop, ...

Every 17 years, the cicadas come. There are more than 3,000 species of cicadas, but the ones we’re talking about emerge cyclically. They dig out from their underground pods, molt, grow new wings, mate ...