Squash bugs are common pests that can cause your squash, pumpkins, and melons to wilt and die. Rotating crops, using straw mulch, and adding companion plants to the garden are all great ways to ...

Squash bugs take root on the undersides of leaves or near the crown of the plant, where they’ll lay clusters of oval-shaped, reddish, copper-brown eggs. If you pride yourself on growing your own ...

A few weeks ago a friend on Facebook posted a picture of a squash bug or Anasa tritis. Seems he was scouting his garden and found the insects on his squash plants. Squash bug has a snout it inserts in ...

Squash bugs are one of the most destructive insect pests in the garden. They can do serious damage to all plants in the cucurbit family, which includes winter squash such as acorn and butternut, ...

While leaving most of the yard somewhat untouched over the winter can help bees and other good insects, lots of bad bugs, like aphids and squash beetles, live in your veggie plot. Now’s the time to ...

Pest prevention is a year-round task, and if you forget to do this one thing in fall, you could end up with a much bigger ...

I love squash and would love to grow some in my garden, but so many of my gardener friends have given up on growing squash. Any suggestions to help keep my squash plants healthy? — K.S. As gardeners, ...

In last week’s article, I focused on weeds as unwanted garden guests. This week, we’ll focus on insect pests, and next week, diseases. As you know, many insect pests may affect garden plants. Since I ...

If you seem to have squash bugs every year, scout for squash bug eggs at least a few times a week. Egg clusters are usually found where two leaf veins meet. Squash bug eggs are most often laid on the ...

When you walk into your vegetable garden, do you recognize the beneficial bugs that prey on damaging pests? It’s easy to feel like the only bugs out there are the bad guys, but that couldn’t be ...

In reality, most growers don’t prune squash plants. One of the reasons squashes and pumpkins are so popular is that their sprawling habits make them low-maintenance. You do not need to definitely ...