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Pests & Diseases

tomato blight
Fruiting Plants

Beat Tomato Blight with These Resistant Types

By Meghan Shinn
thorny hedges black hawthorn
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Thorny Hedges Can Keep Deer Out

By Meghan Shinn
insecticidal soap
Tools & Materials

Mix Your Own Insecticidal Soap for Garden Pests

By Patty Craft
celery
Vegetable Plants

Grow Your Own Celery & Avoid Pesticides from Store-Bought

By Patty Craft
English ivy
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How to Get Rid of English Ivy in the Landscape

By Maria Woodie
bird feeder
Blogs

How to Keep Critters from Eating Your Garden

By Patty Craft
benefits of flies
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Benefits of Flies (yes, flies!) to the Garden

By Patty Craft
Some gardeners welcome felines while others are strongly opposed. This furry fella looks at home in the bed!
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Cats in the Garden: The Controversy Continues

By Patty Craft
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Prevent Garden Pests in Three Easy, Organic Steps

By Meghan Shinn
control ticks
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Control Ticks and Mosquitoes: Our Best Garden Tips

By Meghan Shinn
bromeliads and mosquitoes
Garden Pests & Plant Diseases

Bromeliads and Mosquitoes Need Not Go Hand in Hand

By Meghan Shinn
Understanding Basil Downy Mildew
Garden Pests & Plant Diseases

Understanding Basil Downy Mildew

By Jennifer Smith
Aster Yellows Horticulture 2
Featured

How-To: Identifying Aster Yellows

By Jennifer Smith
vole
Pests & Diseases

Planting Trees This Fall? Important Vole Tip

By Meghan Shinn
leaf with boxwood blight
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Signs of Boxwood Blight Plus Boxwood Alternatives

By Kelsea Daulton
rose curculio weevil
Pests & Diseases

Fighting Off Rose Curculio Beetle

By Kelsea Daulton
rabbit
Headline

Ways to Keep Rabbits From Eating Garden Plants

By Maria Woodie
coneflower echinacea purpurea
Garden Pests & Plant Diseases

What Is Eating My Coneflower's Petals?

By Maria Woodie
new guinea impatiens
Annuals

Avoid Impatiens and Try These Other Shade Annuals

By Maria Woodie
dahlia osaka
Bulbs

What to Do About Moldy Dahlia Tubers

By Maria Woodie
cat in garden
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4 Ways to Keep Cats Out of the Garden

By Maria Woodie
scale insects
Q&A

All About Identifying and Fighting Scale Insects

By Maria Woodie
opossum
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All About Opossums in the Yard and Garden

By Maria Woodie
cutworm
Pests & Diseases

How to Identify and Control Cutworms

By Maria Woodie
seedlings
Gardening Blog

What's Wrong With My Seedlings?

By Gardening Jones
canada thistle
Tools & Materials

Free Weed ID Tool from U-Missouri

By Maria Woodie
Pests & Diseases

Options in Organic Weed Control

By Meghan Shinn
winter moth
Q&A

Winter Moth Identification and Control

By Maria Woodie
Lyme Disease Map
Featured

New Study Pinpoints Lyme Disease Risk Areas

By Dorian Winslow
Pests & Diseases

Deterring Birds, Deer and Gophers

By Meghan Shinn
Pests & Diseases

Preventing Powdery Mildew

By Meghan Shinn
Q&A

Peony Problem

By Meghan Shinn
Japanese Knotweed
Featured

Compost and Invasive Plants

By Meghan Shinn
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Q&A

Fighting Spider Mites

By Meghan Shinn
Tools & Materials

Organic Weed Prevention

By Frank Hyman
Tools & Materials

Using Glyphosate

By Frank Hyman
cilantro leaf
Vegetable Plants

A Plant that Deters Deer

By Meghan Shinn
SOB
Blogs

Star of Bethlehem (God, Help Me)

By Meghan Shinn
Deer-Resistant Landscaping
Gardening Book Reviews

Deer-Resistant Landscaping

By Meghan Shinn
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Deer-resistant Shrubs

By Meghan Shinn
black knot disease
Q&A

Black Knot Disease

By Meghan Shinn
wiliting christmas cactus
Q&A

Wilting Christmas Cactus

By Meghan Shinn
Vole
Tools & Materials

Protecting Bulbs from Critters

By Meghan Shinn
ladybug
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Keeping Ladybugs Outside

By Meghan Shinn
Pests & Diseases

Bye-bye, Bindweed

By mgodfrey
Pests & Diseases

Coping with Poison Ivy

By Alice McGowan
Pests & Diseases

Two Spotted Spider Mites

By mgodfrey
Pests & Diseases

Citrus Mealybug

By mgodfrey
Pests & Diseases

Mexican Bean Beetle

By mgodfrey
Pests & Diseases

Greenhouse Whitefly

By mgodfrey