Category Archives for Pests, Diseases & Weed Control

There’s no question that insects can be very destructive in the garden, but they play a vital role, too. Most of the plants that we rely on for producing food need insects for pollination. In fact, insects are also a valuable food source for birds and other animals, too.

Your garden should be a place of beauty and a point of pride for your home. Keeping unwanted creatures and unsavory critters from ruining it can seem like a full-time job. These tips can help you save your landscape and prevent future threats from taking over your garden's bounty.

Whether you're growing carrots or watermelon in the backyard, you've likely spent a significant amount of time and energy in maintaining your garden.

If you’re not careful or fail to plan ahead, you may unintentionally put your crops at risk. Leafminers aren’t typically threatening to plants.

Bees are colony insects that are highly sociable and like to live in hives that contains thousands of them. While bees are an important part of the ecosystem, they can sometimes prove to be much of a nuisance and even danger to your farm and family.

I've spent a lot of my time fighting the endless war against weeds. I've tried various tools for the job and I've even done it by hand when I've had to. In practice, though, nothing beats a weed eater/trimmer.

Are you tired of having unsightly areas in your yard because they are overgrown with brush and weeds? It does not have to be that way.

When I'm trying to create a nice garden, I don't envision a horde of weeds, like a miniature Amazon jungle, growing wherever and whenever they want. I want to see the flowers that I've planted, perfect in their symmetry, but completely opposite to what mother nature intended!

Are you frustrated with your current weed eater or string trimmer because it’s not powerful and you constantly have to hand feed new string?

Well, that would not be a problem anymore if you owned one of the best commercial weed eater models. They are specially designed to cut weeds fast and run for long periods of time without interruptions.

Squirrels can be the bane of a gardener’s life. They are a tricky pest, and squirrels aren’t always the pickiest creatures. In fact, most squirrels can find something anywhere that they enjoy.

If you are struggling with a squirrel problem in your garden, you can try to offer different choices that may appeal to the pests.