While I would love to believe all of the kind and loving posts about treating pillbugs (woodlice) kindly because they would never hurt my ga...

Having received tales of gallant gardeners ridding cucurbits of the dreaded cucumber beetle with the use of a handheld vacuum cleaner, I dec...

While many other astrological and lunar calendars were marked by the presence of one animal or another, 2023 was, for me, "The year of ...

In a desperate attempt to control the onslaught of cucumber beetles infesting my two Suisun Valley plots, I purchased some yellow sticky tra...

I received seeds of a parthenocarpic cucumber variety from the Seed Saver’s Exchange collection by the name of Conqueror. It was supposed to...

For all of you dealing with cucumber beetles, don't forget to keep your beneficial insects around.                 Thanks to Di P. Regan...

2021 was not a very good tomato year for me. To date, that would make over half of my years as a gardener now. Honestly – some people have a...

With all the posts about "good" and "bad" bugs, I really wanted to mention something. Just as plant roots suffer without...