Why You Should Think Twice Before Destroying Garden Caterpillars and Spiders
By Emila Smith You may want to think twice about automatically destroying all caterpillars, spiders, or insects in general thatContinue Reading
Category: Harmful insects
Trapping Slugs with Beer: More Myth Than Reality
By Larry Hodgson First, for the thirteen gardeners on the planet who have not heard that you can attract slugsContinue Reading
Sticky Plants That Catch Insect Pests
By Larry Hodgson Nearly 30 years ago, I grew some seeds of bat-face cuphea or Mickey Mouse plant (Cuphea llavea)Continue Reading
When Thrips Attack African Violet Flowers
By Larry Hodgson Question: I have a collection of African violets. I must have brought some thrips home by accident,Continue Reading
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
What’s That Shrub With the Huge Buds?
Discover the insect behind the strange budlike growths on willows.
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