Are your garden plants stunted, shriveled, yellowing, or curling at the leaves, despite your best efforts to keep them alive? Check the undersides of the leaves, and you might find the culprit: large ...

Normally, yardeners would be screaming about aphids and the increasing numbers of the bugs’ predators, wasps and yellow jackets. I am not sure, but the excessive winds we have experienced may be one ...

Aphids can spell disaster for your veggie patch. The seemingly harmless little insects will suck sap from your precious plants. They can cause a multitude of problems in your garden but you can keep ...

A strong spray of water from your hose can safely knock aphids off pepper plants, but it may take a few rounds to fully clear them. Helpful insects like ladybugs and lacewings naturally control aphids ...

This week on Backyard Farmer we return to the studio to focus on aphid control and summer turf tips. This week on Backyard Farmer we return to the studio to focus on aphid control and summer turf tips ...

Cilantro flowers attract beneficial insects that help to control plant pests such as aphids. Dear Helen: My husband, like you, loves growing nasturtiums every year and nurtures the ones that self-sow.

In the UK, there are more than 500 species of aphid and the insects vary in size and colour. Often aphids in the UK range from 1mm to 7mm long and are green, black, yellow, brown or orange in colour.

Today’s topic is directly associated with last week's discussion regarding the management of insect populations and is the beginning of a three-part series where we will review a few of the most ...

Aphids are very common in most home gardens and they can be one of the peskiest pests that you can find in your vegetable garden. Aphids have tiny (adults are under a quarter inch), soft pear-shaped ...

Sweet alyssum is a beautiful bedding plant loved for its delicate carpet of tiny, fragrant flowers. But it also has a not-so-sweet side, if you happen to be an aphid. If you guessed that alyssum is ...