Pest Control Guide: Preventing Pests in Your Home and Garden
By Cassandra Rosas Cassandra is a content writer at Porch.com. She is passionate about home improvement, interior design, the environment, sustainability,Continue Reading
Category: Harmful insects
When Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs Invade Homes
This is not a pest you’ll want to see move indoors for the winter! By Larry Hodgson There is aContinue Reading
How to Debug Your Plants… Before You Bring Them Back Indoors
By Larry Hodgson Are your houseplants spending a summer outdoors? So much the better, because they usually benefit enormously fromContinue Reading
White or Yellow Spots on Tomatoes
By Larry Hodgson Question: What’s causing the yellow or white spots on our tomatoes? Underneath, the flesh is white, spongy andContinue Reading
Herbs Repel Insects… Sometimes!
By Larry Hodgson Have you ever noticed that herbs are rarely affected by predatory insects? Or even by mammals (rabbits,Continue Reading
Wasps in Your Garden: What to Do?
Social wasps (the ones that live in colonies) are usually striped yellow and black or white and black, a visualContinue Reading
Get involved in Tree Check Month across Canada this August
The following article was derived from a press release by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and specifically concerns tree pestContinue Reading
Dealing With Squash Borers
By Larry Hodgson This is a new insect for me. Although native to North America, mostly east of the RockyContinue Reading
Japanese Beetle Control: Catch and Freeze
When I do my daily rounds collecting Japanese beetles and other unwanted insects in the garden, I catch them usingContinue Reading