Insect pests in your garden can be a challenge, especially if you're trying not to use pesticides. Installing insect netting at the right time can help.

Insect netting can make a huge difference to your yard, but it's important to select the correct variety, keeping in mind which pests are damaging your plants.

Be methodical about cleaning up the yard to ensure our native bees and good insects thrive. Courtesy Johnson County Extension With the beginning of the growing season just a few weeks away, gardeners ...

(AP) — Picture this: You’ve planted some milkweed, bee balm or California lilac, and you’re delighted to see bees and butterflies fluttering about your garden. You feel good about nourishing ...

CORVALLIS — Freshly planted and carefully tended, vegetable gardens can quickly become a magnet for trouble. Problems seem to spring up overnight. Weeds, for instance, can overtake a garden in days.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Although we love the natural world, we don't really love it when it starts attacking our veggies just as they begin to thrive.

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