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How to Get Rid of Fungus Gnats Indoor plants are a fun and decorative way to bring the great outdoors in, but sometimes they can come accompanied by tiny, unwelcome guests, otherwise known as fungus gnats. While fungus gnats cannot harm humans, they can harm [...]

A Gardener’s Guide to Russet Mites Gardening is fun. But at times, it can feel more like a job than a hobby, especially when you’ve got pesky insects making a feast out of the fruits of your labor, or when you don’t know you’ve got [...]

Gardener’s Guide To Winter Plant Protection As we say goodbye to summer and wait for the cold weather months to creep in, it’s time to start thinking about your plan for winter plant protection. Winterizing plants can help prevent freezing roots, damage, winter burn, and [...]

Where Do Insects Go In The Winter? We know how pesky garden insects can be during the warm spring and summer months (especially when you’re not using a garden safe insecticide!), but what happens to these havoc-wreaking invertebrates when the cold weather comes marching in? [...]

How to Get Rid of Whiteflies With all of the joys gardening can bring, it can also come with its fair share of obstacles. One of these obstacles? Keeping your plants safe from soft-bodied insects like whiteflies. Today, we’ll discuss what whiteflies are (because it [...]

How to Get Rid of Powdery Mildew Ah, powdery mildew; the bain of a gardener’s existence. This white, powdery film is the product of a fungal disease that affects a wide variety of plants growing in warm, dry climates. Now, you might be wondering how [...]

Becoming a Beekeeper with Steven Kan As an “accidental beekeeper” who got his start in beekeeping after a chicken coop infestation, Steven Kan has learned over the years that becoming a beekeeper is more than just putting on a bee suit and diving into the [...]

What are Neonicotinoids? When it comes to protecting crops, farmers and gardeners will do just about anything. But when the effort to protect plants and food sources actually begins to hurt the environment in other ways, we have to take a step back and analyze [...]

The Importance of Bees & Bee Safety With National Pollinator Week quickly approaching (June 21-June 27), we wanted to take a moment to talk about the importance of bees and the problems they face, not just one week out of the year, but every day. [...]

The Ultimate Guide to Psyllids With the warm weather months upon us, it’s easy to fall in love with the smells and sights of blooming flowers and new plant growth, but you’re not the only one! After all, tiny, sap-sucking insects are looking for a fresh [...]

Understanding Spider Mites Whoever said “good things come in small packages” certainly never had spider mites! Today, we’ll dive into what spider mites are, what spider mite damage looks like, and exactly what you can do to stop spider mite damage in its tracks. What [...]

It’s the season for new growth and hungry pests such as aphids and whiteflies, as well as pollinating honey bees. Here’s how to fight harmful bugs while keeping beneficial insects safe.

Protect your fruit trees against pests that establish themselves during winter dormancy, using the people-, pet- and planet-safe spray developed for organic gardening.

This popular foliar-application fertilizer has been shown to boost yields by 38%. Read the details, and learn how to put it to use.

It’s the season for new growth and hungry pests such as aphids and whiteflies, as well as pollinating honey bees. Here’s how to fight harmful bugs while keeping beneficial insects safe.