Something always waits for a chance to ruin a garden harvest. Birds eye the berries, squirrels plot their raids, and insects ...

My husband, Bill, and I really enjoy growing tree fruits. Our small orchard consists of apple, plum, pear, cherry and peach trees. Cherries in particular are commonly targeted by birds. We have had to ...

Question: Dear Carol, I am an avid vegetable gardener and have been growing food in my raised beds for about 3 years. This spring, I have put in peas, lettuce, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower and ...

Protect citrus fruit from damage by birds with bird netting, available at your local nursery or feed and seed. Check on satsumas and kumquats as they are beginning to ripen now (no hurry, they ripen ...

When seeds hit the soil, hope for sprouts feels fragile when a flock of birds swoops in like tiny green-thumbed thieves. They seem innocent, even charming, until they turn freshly planted rows into ...

It’s a mesmerizing spectacle to watch a flock of birds as they fly in sync creating moving, freeform clouds in the sky. In our part of the world it’s starlings that put on the show for us. That type ...

12:14, Mon, Jul 14, 2025 Updated: 12:34, Mon, Jul 14, 2025 Most of us enjoy watching the birds that come into our gardens, and indeed around half of all UK households put out food to attract them. But ...

The right garden netting protects crops without endangering your backyard visitors. But one option does far more harm than most gardeners realize.

TOMATO PESTS: Caterpillars will feed on the foliage and flowers of ornamentals and the foliage and fruit of vegetables. Also, the tomato fruit worm eats holes in tomatoes. Spinosad and BT (both are ...

I have been a proponent of floating row cover for years. When placed on hoops over a vegetable crop, this lightweight fabric allows sunlight and moisture to pass through it and acts as a physical ...

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