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 ...

A: You have cabbage worms. Despite their name, cabbage worms attack collards, cabbage, kale, Brussels sprouts and broccoli plants anytime you plant them in spring, summer or fall. Planting early or ...

CORVALLIS – Jesse Garcia likes kale – he really likes kale. So, when his crop got infested with cabbage worms, he came up with a novel approach to pest control. Garcia, an Oregon State University ...

Boomers swear that this trick will create an easy, affordable barrier around cabbage and cut off access for pests, but the ...

Jesse Garcia likes kale – he really likes kale. So, when his crop got infested with cabbage worms, he came up with a novel approach to pest control. Garcia, an Oregon State University Extension ...

July and August in the vegetable garden typically bring bountiful harvests of colorful vegetables. These are also the months when insect pests can really make their presence known, with plant and ...

If you have a vegetable garden, you've more than likely run into one or all of these common pests, all hungry caterpillars when they do their damage. The most dramatic is the tomato hornworm, the most ...

A News Leader reader in Augusta County writes to ask: “How do I kill large striped bugs on collards? This is the first year I have noticed them.” Let’s tackle this topic in three phases: 1) possible ...

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 ...

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 ...