Yes, Birds Do Eat Tomatoes, Here’s How To Protect Your Tomato Plants From Bird Damage
There’s little more frustrating in the garden than waiting for the first tomato of the year to ripen, only to find that birds ate it first. Yes, birds love to …
Garden Pests
What Are These Ants Doing On My Peonies? And How To Get Ants Off Cut Flowers
Garden folklore has it that peonies “need ants to tickle the buds”, so that we can have beautiful blooms. But unfortunately it’s just a myth. Peonies bloom very well in …
How to Get Rid of Slugs And Snails in the Garden and Stop Them From Eating Your Plants
Slugs and, in a lesser evil, snails are considered a nightmare by many gardeners: they are slimy, strange looking, and emerge in the dark of night to devour newly planted seedlings, very …
9 Reasons Why Your Basil Leaves are Turning Yellow + Easy Fixes
Basil is a deliciously sweet and spicy herb used in cuisines around the world. A member of the Lamiaceae, or mint family, it has a wonderful aroma and versatile uses …
Tomato Fruitworms: How To Identify, Control, And Get Rid Of these Voracious Garden Pests
If you’ve noticed little tunnels winding through your tomatoes and fruit that is rotting from the inside-out, you probably have an infestation of tomato fruitworms. These annoying pests are also …
Brown Spots on Basil Leaves: Why It Happens & and How to Treat It
If you have ever grown basil in your garden, you might have noticed that it is not always a perfect green herb. If you’re noticing dead looking brown spots on …
20 Plants (Flowers, Vegetables, and Shrubs) That Deer Love to Eat
Deer are voracious plant eaters, and if you have a herd roaming near your property, you want to know which plants are deer attracted to. In fact, these herbivores have …
Do Deer Eat Marigolds? And How To Use Marigolds To deter them From Your Garden
Deer find marigolds unappetizing, and 90% of the times they will walk on without giving them a single bite. Maybe even more than 90% of the time; and in fact …
All Begonias Aren’t Deer-Resistant: Here’s How To Keep Deer From Eating Begonias
All sorts of flowers are deer’s top choice on the menu, roses, azaleas and pansies, but not begonias, people think. Things are not as straightforward though, and you may end up being …
The 10 Best Deer-Resistant Herbs For Deterring deer From Your Garden
Deer are a serious problem for gardens, because these uninvited four legged guests eat away at flowers, leaves and young branches of vegetables, decorative plants and even herbs sometimes. But …