Therese Ciesinski

Cutworm caterpillars can wreak havoc on any vegetable garden and their attacks can happen quick. Here are four ways you can keep your seedlings safe.

Are you looking for an effective way to control insect pests in your vegetable garden but want to stay away from using synthetic pesticides? Give Bt a try.

Slugs have two sets of tentacles; the larger set contains the eyes and are also used for smelling. The smaller set is used for feeling and tasting.

In late summer's heat, it's easy to write off most gardening, but weeding remains essential, as resilient, fast-spreading weeds require timely, strategic action to prevent long-term takeover.

It’s 92 degrees in the shade — if you can find any, that is. The hydrangeas are drooping, the cicadas are screaming. It’s August. It’s hot.

Bee and butterfly gardens have been popular for a while, but there’s another valuable way to support pollinating insects — plant a pollinator lawn.

Teasel is a meadow weed with interesting seedheads that can be spray painted or left as-is. Strawflowers are a type of everlasting that are especially good for drying.

Plant bulbs in containers now to enjoy potted blooms in the spring. Here's what you'll need to know — from pot selection to safe storage.

Fall is a time for evaluating how your garden fared this year and making plans on how to improve for next year. Here's a few ways you can get ahead

Putting the vegetable garden to bed for the season is the ideal time to reflect, to celebrate the successes and scrutinize the (hopefully composted) failures of this past summer's garden.