Thrips are tiny insects—their sizes range between 0.5mm and 15mm in length and many are shorter than 5mm. But the damage they ...

Analysis - Thrips are tiny insects - their sizes range between 0.5mm and 15mm in length and many are shorter than 5mm. But ...

A hot wash is one of the best home remedies for bed bugs. Alternatively, you can use the vacuum cleaner (although make sure to dispose of the contents away from the house.) Freezing temperatures can ...

A hot wash is one of the best home remedies for bed bugs. Alternatively, you can use the vacuum cleaner (although make sure ...

A friend of mine asked me why he would have pecans for some years and none other times. Harvesting pecans can be a challenge ...

Replacing a mass planting of boxwoods gives you the opportunity to diversify your landscape and try native or underused ...

There are few things as spectacular, or beautiful as our African sunsets. The ‘sunset roses’  that mimic this phenomenon of ...

The clever trick can help gardeners to naturally reduce pest problems and minimise the need for chemical pesticides.

March is the ideal month to plant two of the hardiest and most nutritious vegetables a home gardener can grow easily: cabbage ...

By now your vegetable garden should be all planned out and seeds purchased, or at least ordered, as well as onion sets or ...

The allium family includes onions, shallots, garlic, and chives, and all of those are great companion plants for peppers. The ...

Goss’s wilt and leaf blight is caused by clavibacter nebraskensis, a bacterium named after Nebraska, where the disease was ...