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Get to Know Predatory Beneficial Insects
Many of the insects in the garden actually help your plants by preying on pests like aphids and caterpillars. Discover ones are beneficial insects.
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garden fundamentals
Get to Know Predatory Beneficial Insects
Many of the insects in the garden actually help your plants by preying on pests like aphids and caterpillars. Discover ones are beneficial insects.
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Hornworms
These large, green caterpillars have a horn on their backside. They can devour an entire tomato plant in a day or two.
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9 Essential Practices for Organic Gardeners
New to organic gardening? Here are 9 good, sustainable practices that every organic gardener should know about. Try them in your own garden.
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Aphids
Hundreds of tiny insects, varying in color, appear on stems, buds, young fruit, undersides of leaves, and between leaves. Aphids cause some damage to plants by their feeding, but they can also transmit viruses to plants.
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Spider Mites
Leaves turn yellow and dry up. Tiny webbing stretches from one leaf to another, appearing first on undersides but in severe cases across leaf surfaces, too.
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Organic and Sustainable Gardening 101
Organic gardening isn't just about avoiding synthetic pesticides or fertilizers. It also encompasses growing in harmony with nature. Learn how to grow organically and sustainably here.
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How to Prevent and Solve Problems Organically
Learn how to fight pests and diseases in the garden without pesticides. Check out our article on how to deal with pests and diseases organically.
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Corn Earworms
These caterpillars bore into fruit, especially corn. Damage to beans is usually minimal.
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Army Worms
Tiny larvae crawl like inchworms, eating leaves to fuel growth. They vary in shades of yellow, green, gray, and brown.
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How to Prevent and Get Rid of Cucumber Beetles
Cucumber beetles feed directly on plants, causing visible damage, and they may carry a bacterium that causes leaves to wilt. Infection typically occurs when plants are half-grown.
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Mexican Bean Beetles
With beans, the most likely cause of leaf blemishes is Mexican bean beetles. The larvae eat the tender tissue between leaf veins, creating brown spots and eventually skeletonized leaves.
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Squash Bugs
These insects emerge in spring after wintering under plant debris. They feed on leaves, vines, and fruit.
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How to Make Compost Tea
Composting helps create great soil, which is key to beautiful, healthy plants and huge harvests. The most effective way to deliver the benefits of compost to your plants is to whip up some compost tea.
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Growing Fennel
Fennel is a beautiful herb to have in the garden. Feathery and fern-like, it adds both color and texture to your plantings. It also boasts a strong, licorice-like flavor. Fennel is a tender perennial, which means the plant may make it through the winter in warm areas, but is sensitive to cold. Most gardeners grow fennel as an annual.
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Spinach Leafminer
Damage begins as small trails on leaves and expands to larger blotches as miners feed on the leaf tissue. The damage from leafminers may be unsightly, but they do minimal harm to the plant.
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6 Great Books for New Gardeners
New gardeners have one thing in common: They have lots of questions. If you don’t have a neighbor or friend who gardens, you can find the answers you need by stocking your home library with a few key books.
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Growing Pumpkins
Whether as smiling jack-o’-lanterns or stacked near cornstalks, pumpkins are a symbol of fall. Get expert tips for growing pumpkins at home.
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Growing Lemongrass
Discover how to grow lemongrass. Growing lemongrass in your own garden means having a fresh, delicious ingredient for a variety of Asian dishes.
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Growing Carrots
If you enjoy crisp, crunchy carrots, you’ll adore the fresh flavor of homegrown. Not only do they taste especially delicious when you grow carrots in your own garden, but they’re also extra sweet when kissed by frost.
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How to Lay Out a Vegetable Garden
Is there anything more satisfying and delicious than growing your own food? From the first tender tips of asparagus in spring to the tasty tang of summer’s homegrown tomatoes, a garden filled with beautiful, productive plants provides a terrific sense of accomplishment—and fabulous, fresh meals.
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Growing Rutabagas
Rutabagas ripen best in cool autumn weather. Get expert tips for growing rutabagas in your home vegetable garden for some deleicious fall eats!
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How to Prune Tomatoes for a Big Harvest
Pruning tomato plants is an optional technique that some gardeners use to keep plants tidy, manipulate fruit size, and even speed ripening. There is one big catch: You should only prune indeterminate varieties, which produce new leaves and flowers continuously through the growing season. Here are some reasons to prune.
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Growing Brussels Sprouts
Growing Brussels sprouts requires cool weather. They are a slow-growing, long-bearing crop that grows best in cooler regions, or in early spring or fall.
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Organic Gardening for Beginners
Growing an organic garden is easier than you might think. Just follow the tips we’ve put together in this “organic gardening for beginners” guide and you'll soon be on your way to a delicious harvest.
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