Strategically use certain vegetables in your garden to naturally deter pests and enhance your harvest without pesticides.

Most gardeners reach for the spray bottle the moment they spot a pest. But that reflex may be doing more harm than good, including to the very garden they are trying to protect. According to the ...

A growing number of home growers are using natural pest barriers instead of chemical sprays, and it’s changing how gardens ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spending time outside in the summer can do wonders for your mental and physical health — but bugs and insects can quickly cause ...

Epic Gardening has introduced seven natural pest control methods to help gardeners avoid chemical pesticides this spring. The tips focus on boosting biodiversity, using companion planting, and ...

Farmers congregate at a demonstration farm at Kagio where they were trained on natural methods of pest control. George Gatheca in his four-acre farm of avocados in Subukia Valley, Nakuru County. PHOTO ...

When fields of oilseed rape are exposed to diesel exhaust and/or ozone -- both found in emissions from diesel burning vehicles and industry -- the number of parasitic insects available to control ...

Living in a small space has its advantages, like being relatively affordable and energy-efficient. However, when pests show up in a small place, there’s little room for distance. An effective pest ...

Biological control involves the utilisation of natural predators, parasites and pathogens to suppress pest populations, while Integrated Pest Management (IPM) combines biological methods with cultural ...

Epic Gardening has introduced seven natural pest control strategies that focus on mechanical and cultural methods instead of chemical sprays. The advice, by experienced gardener Sarah Jay, aims to ...