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 ...

Growing summer squash like zucchini and yellow crookneck is a hallmark of western Pennsylvania gardens. Many of us have been either the benefactor or recipient of a grocery bag of extra zucchini, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Growing zucchini in a home garden - Nicole Piepgras/Shutterstock Squash vine pests are the kind of villains that don't announce ...

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 ...

Squash bugs are the deadbeat parents of the insect world. After they lay their eggs, they pretty much leave the larvae to fend for themselves. If the nymphs ever want to reach a new state of maturity, ...

Most gardeners have been harvesting vegetables for several weeks now, and insects can be a concern as they build up to damaging levels late in the growing season. Here are a few common pests that are ...

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 ...