You have to love all the garden treasures that appear when the weather warms. Fresh, tender leaves pop out on the trees, the herbaceous perennials that disappeared over the winter poke out of the ...

Roses can be vulnerable in late June to pests that target their new flower buds, but gardeners can protect them using a ...

It’s early spring and our roses have taken the stage. They are adorning our gardens with their big, breathtaking blooms. Spoiler alert … anxiety will soon challenge our peaceful bliss, because where ...

All our late winter/early spring pruning efforts are now paying off with lush, tender leaves and buds starting to cover once bare rose canes. How beautiful our gardens are in spring when all the roses ...

June is when roses should be at their best. The buds are swelling, the first blooms are opening, and the garden finally starts to feel like summer. But it's also the time many gardeners spot an ...

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 ...

For keen veggie growers and rose enthusiasts, aphids can be a real bane to your gardening dreams. These little insects are not only sap suckers—literally sucking the life out of plants—but they can ...

Q: I have a couple of old sad rose bushes in the front yard, west-facing right against the house, that are driving me MAD. I noticed aphids on both in mid-February and did what you’ve always suggested ...

Aphids are the most economically important sap-sucking insect pests worldwide. With over 4,000 species that cause yield and financial losses both from direct damage by feeding, thereby draining ...