There's a surprising method of protecting houseplants from common pests, and it may already be hiding in your medicine ...

The email about fungus gnats arrived from Scott Evans at the Nebraska Extension office just as one was floating around my laptop. A gardening for pollinators plant ...

In experiments, researchers showed that the disease-spreading insects couldn’t resist the sweet smell of a fungus that infected and killed them. By Jason P. Dinh Watch your back, DEET. There’s a new ...

You see one tiny, black speck buzzing around your kitchen. Then you see another. Before you know it, a full-blown swarm has taken over, hovering around your fruit bowl, your sink, and your face. A ...

Gardening is supposed to be a relaxing hobby, but like you, I sometimes find working with plants rather frustrating. Your description sounds like you have an ongoing healthy infestation of fungus ...

Often misidentified as fruit flies or mosquitoes, fungus gnats are small flies in the family Sciaridae. Usually found infesting damp houseplants and driving inside gardeners insane by bumbling around ...

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Do tiny insects fly up into your face every time you water your houseplants? Then you’ll want to know how to get rid of fungus gnats naturally. This type of gnat doesn’t bite, but they do lay eggs in ...

In spring and summer, I get tons of questions about gnats and fruit flies, how to get rid of them, and they are the nastiest little bugs ever when you get an infestation. But I have a great trap that ...

Q: Last year, my plum tree didn’t have any fruit at all. This spring, it has so many plums that I’m afraid the branches may break! Why? A: This phenomenon is called alternate-year bearing and is very ...