If you notice an aphid infestation this spring, the good news is that you don't need harsh chemicals to fight back: there's a ...

Are your garden plants stunted, shriveled, yellowing, or curling at the leaves, despite your best efforts to keep them alive? Check the undersides of the leaves, and you might find the culprit: large ...

This week on Backyard Farmer we return to the studio to focus on aphid control and summer turf tips. This week on Backyard Farmer we return to the studio to focus on aphid control and summer turf tips ...

Aphids are tiny sucking insects from the insect family Aphididae. The group includes roughly 5,000 different species, with several hundred that may be a problem for agriculture and gardening. Adult ...

Aphids are very common in most home gardens and they can be one of the peskiest pests that you can find in your vegetable garden. Aphids have tiny (adults are under a quarter inch), soft pear-shaped ...

My recent article on aphids caught the attention of Rosemary Small. She shared that despite the prime conditions for aphids, she had none in her lower South Hill garden. Zero. Nada. I have known ...

Your description sounds a lot like aphids that seem to be more prevalent this year. Aphids may be green, black, brown, red, pink, or some other color. They are pear-shaped, slow-moving and range in ...

While the current weather is not conducive to gardening, fall will be here soon and there will be much to do then. Two common landscape maintenance tasks to consider and prepare for are fall turfgrass ...

Question: Our hibiscus plants have aphids in the tips of the shoots. How do we control them without affecting the bees? Answer: Curling leaves and stunted shoots are often signs aphids are sucking ...

Aphids are a garden pest that can stunt plant growth and spread diseases. Protect your deep-rooted crops with this ...