Are plants disappearing from your garden? Are there holes in the leaves? Are your plants sticky? You may have a pest problem in your garden, and pests can really plague a garden and prevent you from ...

Cabbage worms can destroy your broccoli, kale, and cauliflower crops. Some effective prevention methods include using netting, spraying a natural insecticide, or using diatomaceous earth. Make sure to ...

Holes in kale leaves usually come from pests, diseases, or environmental stress, so identifying the cause is key. Common pests like cabbage worms, flea beetles, and slugs are often to blame for the ...

Something is eating holes in my new broccoli plants. Should I be worried, and if so, what should I do? If you look very closely on the undersides of the leaves, especially along the leaf veins, you ...

The vegetable garden is a total disaster. The earthquake didn’t touch it, and the tropical storm passed without notice. No fault line ran through it, no tree fell on it. There were no floods, no wind ...

Do you know why ants never get sick? They have anty bodies. Ants are annoying if they get into the house or make their anthills in places we’d rather they wouldn’t, but they don’t cause many problems ...

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Noticeable numbers of imported cabbageworms are starting to show up in southeastern Michigan vegetable gardens. It’s safe today these pests are public enemy No. 1 when it comes to growing cabbage and ...