By Erin Marissa Russell and Matt Gibson Lace bugs are frequent visitors to the modern garden, and you’ll find them feeding on all kinds of trees, shrubs, and herb plants. Despite how common these pesky insects are and the fact that they consume the plants we humans cultivate … [Read more...]

Gardens can be wonderful and stimulating places for dogs to play outdoors. But if not properly set up, they can also pose a number of dangers you don’t want your pooch exposed to. Do you know what it takes to make your garden a safe space for your dog? This article will … [Read more...]

By Erin Marissa Russell and Matt Gibson The peach twig borer is one of the biggest pest problems for stone fruit orchards, attacking not only peach trees, but the trees of other stone fruits, such as nectarines, apricots, and plums. The peach twig borer wouldn’t be that big of … [Read more...]

By Matt Gibson If you are seeing large groups of flies around your brassicas and root crops, and/or noticing the fruits on these crops starting to turn yellow, it might be due to an infestation of root maggots in your garden. Root maggots are the larvae of several different … [Read more...]