Practical, well-tested advice for home gardeners: soil, planting, watering and planning, with the numbers to back it up.
Beneficial Insects
Parasitoid (parasitic) wasps are tiny wasps whose larvae develop inside or on another insect and eventually kill it. In gardens they quietly suppress aphids, caterpillars and other pests. The clues…
Beneficial Insects
Hover flies (syrphid flies) look like small bees or wasps but are harmless flies that pollinate flowers as adults, while their legless larvae eat aphids. To keep them, grow small-flowered…
Beneficial Insects
Green lacewings are delicate, pale green insects whose larvae, called aphid lions, eat aphids, mites and many other soft-bodied pests. Recognize the stalked eggs and the spiny, alligator-shaped larvae so…
Beneficial Insects
Lady beetles (ladybugs) are among the most useful garden predators, and their larvae do most of the work. The best way to keep them is to grow small-flowered plants, tolerate…
