Learn how certain flies, wasps, spiders, and other beneficial garden insects can keep garden pest populations in check and strengthen your backyard ecosystem. Our gardens are home to many natural ...

December might be the month of cozy blankets, festive lights, and hot drinks, but for wildlife, it’s a season of survival. As temperatures drop and natural food sources shrink, the creatures that ...

Whatever paradise means to you, it can't be a destination where nothing ever changes. Growth and improvement are baked into our very conception of perfection, and so it is with any garden paradise. If ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Most of us picture a perfect garden as neat, trimmed, and cleared of every fallen leaf by the time winter arrives.

Discover how to protect bees while also keeping your home and garden safe with our tips for natural bee repellents. Meghan Holmes is a writer and documentarian specializing in scientific topics such ...

This post walks you through some of the best plants for natural dyes and planning and preparing your garden, with tips for growing and harvesting four gorgeous dye garden plants. Did you know that you ...

Biological control is the management of pests and their damage by the beneficial action of parasites (parasitoids), pathogens, and predators. These beneficial organisms, collectively, are named ...

CLARK COUNTY, Wash. — When it comes to gardening, you don’t need a green thumb to get your hands dirty. “It's really just to learn about how other people do things,” said Joseph Wujek, of Battle ...