If you’re someone with a vegetable garden that easily attracts pests or you're always wishing you'd end up with a bigger ...

Not all companion plants are beneficial –some can sabotage your tomatoes. Find out which ones to keep at a safe distance in ...

A few springs ago, I was engaged in my daily ritual of observing the garden, walking around to see what was coming up, ready ...

THEY’RE probably driving you mad, now that the weather has warmed up. And while house flies are the bane of many lives in the ...

Use a soil thermometer to help you know when to plant vegetables. Wait until the soil is consistently above 70 degrees to ...

Gardeners in the UK will start to see mosquitoes from this time of year - but one bright, easy-to-grow plant can act as a natural deterrent against the insects ...

A new species of carnivorous caterpillar calls a counterintuitive place home: a spider’s lair. The species, dubbed the “bone collector” by the University of Hawaii scientists who discovered ...

Some plants can even help keep pests away. Marigolds deter whiteflies and aphids, basil repels flies, mosquitoes, and some beetles, and nasturtiums can keep away cabbage moths and aphids.

Cicadas are a type of insect, related to stink bugs, bed buds and aphids. The ones expected to arrive in droves this year are a variety called periodical cicadas, which appear in huge swarms and ...

“She used to put them in the cabbage. She used to say, ‘that will purify your blood’. “You see nettle tea and things like that nowadays, maybe she was on to something.” ...

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Kristen Kish, who went from “Top Chef” champion to host of the show, joins TODAY to share her recipes for phyllo pizza pitas and stuffed cabbage rolls — and chef José Andrés drops in for a ...