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This Old House July 6, 2000 Denny Schrock |
Working the Bugs Out Here's a safe and effective system to control the plant-eating pests in your yard. |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
Summer's Bad Guys A guide to some of the most common garden pests and their controls... |
National Gardening Skip Richter |
Enlist Help from the Good Guys of the Garden When it comes to the garden, not all bugs are bad. Here are four simple ways to attract beneficial insects to your garden and to make sure they stay around. |
National Gardening |
Insect Pests of Tomatoes Here's some basic information on several widespread pests that, like you, hanker for tomatoes. |
National Gardening Mark Whitelaw |
Growing Roses the Natural Way 14 friendly remedies for rose pests and diseases |
National Gardening |
Organic Gardening 101 The gardener who is committed to organic gardening does not simply boycott artificial chemical fertilizers and pesticides. He or she is committed to techniques that build healthy soil. |
National Gardening Whitney Cranshaw |
The "Do-Good" Bugs A guide to choosing and using beneficial insects, mites and nematodes... |
National Gardening Dan Hickey |
Beneficial Nematodes Are garden insects a problem? These little critters can help |
National Gardening |
Corn Diseases, Insects, and Pests Most of the trouble gardeners have with corn is easily controlled. |
National Gardening July 2, 2003 Cathy Cromell |
Garden Guru: Whitney Cranshaw Often called upon to bridge the gap between the interests of insects and the interests of humans, Colorado author and entomology professor Whitney Cranshaw uses Integrated Pest Management's premise of working with the natural life cycles of insects to control pest problems with less pesticide. |
National Gardening Cathy Cromell |
Garden Guru: John Dromgoole Organic gardening is a much more widely accepted practice now than it was 30 years ago when John Dromgoole became fascinated with it. He studied radio and television in college, but after working in a friend's organic nursery in Austin, Texas, he was hooked. |
National Gardening |
Planting and Care of Annual Flowers When it comes to cut flowers, it's hard to beat annuals for their sheer production and ease of growing. |
This Old House March 27, 2001 Lynn Ocone |
Growing Perfect Tomatoes Treat yourself to one of the true pleasures of summer: your own homegrown tomatoes fresh from the vine... |
National Gardening Jack Ruttle |
Get A Head The reason a lot of people start taking cabbage for granted is that it often turns out to be too much of a good thing. With a little planning before you plant, you can arrange your harvest according to your needs. |
National Gardening |
Fall Garden Cleanup Q and A Here are some questions we've received about fall cleanup in the garden, along with the answers given by our regional horticulture staff. |
National Gardening |
Tarnished Plant Bug Called "tarnished" for its brown-coppery color, this otherwise unassuming little bug is a major pest, especially for commercial growers. |
National Gardening |
Flea Beetle Flea beetles can spread diseases such as early blight to potatoes or bacterial wilt to corn, and larvae feed on roots. |
National Gardening Barbara E. Richardson |
High-tech Dust Foils Pests Modified kaolin clay ushers in a new era in plant protection... |
National Gardening Alice Yarborough |
Gardening for Butterflies The plants they like and the species you may see on them... |
BusinessWeek May 24, 2004 Kate Murphy |
Build Your Own Wildlife Sanctuary A few easy steps can turn your backyard into a garden of earthly delights |
National Gardening |
Whiteflies Found throughout the United States. These tiny, insects feed in large numbers on leaf undersides of tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, and other plants by sucking out plant juices. |
National Gardening Whitney Cranshaw |
Healthy Home Orchards Use basic pest control techniques to harvest a healthy fruit crop. |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
Second Harvest July is the perfect month to start thinking about the fall garden. Many of the vegetables you've enjoyed from the garden this spring and early summer can be grown and harvested this fall as well. |
This Old House Tabitha Sukhai |
Draw Birds and Butterflies to Your Yard Encourage butterflies to come to your place and stay awhile with these easy habitat gardening tips. |
National Gardening |
What's Bugging My Peppers? As a northern gardener, you won't have too many problems with insects bothering okra, peppers, and eggplant. Southern gardeners will have more problems. Here's a rundown of the most common pests and what can be done for them. |
National Gardening |
Colorado Potato Beetle If you see in your garden a small yellow beetle with black stripes over its wings and black spots just behind its head, say hello to the Colorado potato beetle. Potatoes are its first love, but this beetle will eagerly consume leaves of potato relatives eggplant, ground cherry, peppers, tomato, and tomatillo. |
National Gardening Lynn Ocone |
Planning a Vegetable Garden How to design and build a vegetable garden that really works |
National Gardening |
Preventing Rose Diseases It's no surprise that roses are among the most popular ornamental garden plants: they're beautiful, fragrant, and easy to grow in most climates. |
National Gardening Shila Patel |
Beetle Mania Japanese beetles get sick on geraniums... |
Chemistry World June 8, 2009 Jon Cartwright |
Green method to kill termites Researchers in the US have come up with a cheap, environmentally friendly way to kill termites and other pests. |
National Gardening |
Perennials 101 Owing to a fairly recent revival of the casual "cottage garden" look, perennials are more popular with today's home gardeners than they ever have been. |
National Gardening Patt Kasa |
Putting the Garden to Bed The short warm days and crisp nights of autumn trigger leaf color changes, and remind me it's time to clean up the garden. |
National Gardening Warren Schultz |
Building Great Soil Soil is the most important factor in successful gardening. Here are tips on evaluating and improving your soil. |
National Gardening Diane Bilderback |
All About Dahlias These easy-to-grow plants produce prolific flowers in the summer and the fall. |
National Gardening Michael Phillips |
Growing Organic Apples How to grow blemish-free apples without resorting to unfriendly sprays |
National Gardening Deborah Wechsler |
Growing Giant Tomatoes All about growing really humongous plants and tomatoes |
This Old House Ashley Womble |
Troubleshoot Your Turf Surefire solutions that'll turn a thin, patchy, or weedy lawn into a barefoot-worthy expanse of green. |
Nutrition Action Healthletter November 2001 David Schardt |
Genetically Engineered Foods: Are They Safe? Using biotechnology to produce food has enormous potential: safer pesticides and less harm to wildlife, more nutritious foods, and greater yields to help feed the world's hungry nations. It's the risks of dicing and splicing Mother Nature that are harder to get a handle on... |
National Gardening Carolyn Male |
Tomato Diseases Forewarned is forearmed: how to read your tomato leaves. |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
The National Gardening Greenhouse The season never ends in the home solarium. |
National Gardening |
Maintaining a Vegetable Garden Healthy, vigorous vegetable plants produce the most flavorful and bountiful harvests. Give your garden plants the moisture and nutrients they need, and keep them weeded and harvested for tasty and nutritious crops. |
National Gardening |
Tomato Problems Some problems with tomatoes are not caused by insects or diseases. Here are a few common problems. |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
When Good Tomatoes Go Bad Here's a list of eight of the most common tomato fruit problems not caused by insect or disease. |
This Old House Lynn Ocone |
Houseplants for People Who Can't Grow Houseplants No matter the color of your thumb, this guide will help you select and care for plants that will thrive. |
National Gardening Karen Dardick |
Going Batty! Gardeners are discovering that attracting bats is a smart way to control pests |
National Gardening |
Soil Fertility 101 Just as a good foundation is necessary to support a building, good soil is necessary to build a successful garden. All soil is not alike. It differs in texture, fertility, and balance. |
This Old House Roger Cook |
Right Plant, Right Spot Follow these 4 rules for plant shopping and you'll never end up with a garden misfit |
Science News August 30, 2003 Janet Raloff |
Spying Genetically Engineered Crops Environmental Protection Agency scientists are exploring the use of satellites to monitor genetically engineered crops. |
National Gardening Margery Guest |
On Becoming a Master Gardener Master Gardeners are a diverse lot. They come in many ages and from all walks of life. But the one thing they all have in common is the desire to share gardening knowledge and experience with other gardeners. |
Chemistry World April 29, 2014 Emma Stoye |
Tomatoes' cry for help turned into chemical weapon to battle insects Tomato plants not only take heed of their neighbours chemical 'warnings' but actually convert the signals into substances to defend themselves against imminent insect attack, researchers in Japan have discovered. |