Choosing a pest-control caliber is less about raw power and more about managing trade-offs. You want enough energy to ...

It’s always a rewarding feeling when you’re growing vegetables — successfully. Be it juicy tomato plants and zucchini to aromatic herbs, nothing beats the fresh taste. But if you're wondering why your ...

Last week, I started a short series on Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and focused on the “what.” Today, the next step is diagnosing the specific problem.

Remove food, water, and shelter in your yard to make it less inviting to pests. Seal up your home’s entry points to keep critters from sneaking inside. Call a pro if needed, and talk kindly with your ...

Pests and rodents are unwelcome visitors to our homes, but they’re also stubborn and can be hard to get rid of. Here are some tips on how to prevent and rid your home of pests and rodents, from tiny ...

Keeping pests in check on your property is less about raw power and more about choosing tools you can afford to shoot often ...

What is that bug? That’s not an easy question with 1 million insects to choose from. Fortunately, only 10,000 species are pests. Entomologists divide insects into 30 categories called orders. Insect ...

SEATTLE — As things warm up outside, a lot of us will wage war inside with an annual invasion of pests. If so, think twice before hiring someone to evict your pests—usually you can take care of the ...

Pests love the warm and dry weather and they're multiplying quickly in the Salinas Valley, so quickly that farmers are having a hard time keeping up.Longtime Central Coast grower Joe Pezzini said ...