Your garden can be a natural pest control system with a few plants. This one, in particular, will also give your garden an ...

The oil of citronella has long been touted as a mosquito repellent. That said, does growing the plant in your garden do ...

Wormwood oil is a potent natural repellent for pests such as aphids, cabbage loopers, and flea beetles. Simply mix ten drops ...

Snails and slugs dislike sand, lime, and ashes, so the next time you have a wood braai, apply ash to the base of plants under threat.

Learn how to give your jacaranda tree the best possible chance of thriving in your yard, and how you can properly combat ...

Embrace the secret world of garden insects with our complimentary guide, addressing the common concern of keeping bugs out of your garden. Instead of aiming to banish them entirely (a near ...

Discover the companion plants that Martha Stewart loves to pair with hydrangeas. Enhance your garden's aesthetic with these ...

We also need to encourage bumble bees into our vegetable garden especially if there are tomatoes to be pollinated. While it seems sometimes that we’re trying to get rid of bugs and insects ...

Sometimes, however, borrowing proven strategies can trump the invention of new ones. This principle is exemplified by fruit flies, which have adopted a defense mechanism from bacteria to help them ...

The danger and hardship gets worse by the day for civilians in eastern Ukraine. Still, they resist leaving the places that have become their homes. By Tyler Hicks and Gaëlle Girbes Human rights ...

Ukraine's defense forces thwarted a massive Russian drone assault involving over 100 Shaheds and other UAVs, launched from various locations. They successfully neutralized 52 drones, preventing ...

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