No Bees, No Fruit!
Growing your own fruit trees and small fruits is an exercise fraught with unexpected complications and one of the mostContinue Reading
Category: Beneficial insects
The Fly That Attacks Japanese Beetles
Ever since the Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica) first showed up in New Jersey in 1912, apparently brought over from JapanContinue Reading
Body-Snatching Wasps Help Control Pests
There’s a whole range of tiny insects called parasitoid wasps (some 700,000 species worldwide) that are helping to control insectContinue Reading
The 15 Pace Rule
Yes, perfection does exist … in some works of art, but not in the garden. There is almost always somethingContinue Reading
Garden Myth: You Can Tell a Ladybug’s Age by Its Spots
Decidedly, garden myths are numerous and persistent. One I first heard in my childhood and that still keeps coming upContinue Reading
Plant More Than Milkweeds to Save Monarchs
In North America, the serious decline of the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus), the black-veined orange migratory butterfly that winters inContinue Reading
Ant Plants… Without the Ants
Did you know that some houseplants, maybe some you already grow, are actually “ant plants?” Myrmecophytes, to use the scientificContinue Reading
When Asian Ladybugs Invade
Asian ladybugs (Harmonia axyridis), native to China, are also called Asian lady beetles or Asian ladybirds, even Halloween ladybugs (asContinue Reading
What Bees See
A garden filled with beautiful flowers always attracts our attention, but stunning flowers didn’t evolve to attract human eyes. TheContinue Reading
Bee Counted!
Is your garden bee-friendly? And also adapted to attract and feed other pollinators? If so, why not join the MillionContinue Reading