Insect Articles

cabbage seedlings in a 6-cell pack sit beside a bottle of BTK and a bottle of Neem Oil

Are Organic Chemicals Safe To Use in a Home Garden?

Many home gardeners, at some point in their growing career question if they should use organic chemicals. Or maybe you’ve already tried organic chemicals on

Save Your Lawn: How to Control Lawn Grubs

If you’ve ever gone to bed one night and woken up the next day to see your grass has holes in it or has been

How to Manage Aphids in Your Garden

I have a love-hate relationship with aphids. I hate finding them on my plants, but I love them as an insect. What a fascinating insect

a bee is pollinating a vibrant pink single-petaled cosmo

Where Are All The Bees? The Collapse of Native Bees

If you take a moment and do an internet search looking up ‘pollinator decline’ you’ll be overwhelmed with articles on the topic. For example, NBC

an orange ladybug is eating aphids in an eggplant

How to Invite Ladybugs into Your Garden

Ladybugs are one of the insects that everyone is familiar with thanks to their popularity in cartoons and children’s books. They’re not harmful, and aren’t

blazing star liatris on the left beside rudbeckia on the right

5 Reasons to Include Native Perennials in Your Garden

Bee populations are in massive decline, as are many of our native pollinators around us, which means that now, more than ever, we need to

How to Support Native Bee Populations: 6 Tips

Native bees in Canada and North America are facing major hurdles, from loss of habitat, to climate change, to the competition against honey bees. Without

How to Use Insect and Bird Netting in Your Garden

One of the best tools that you can add to your garden to protect your crops is bug, bird and insect netting. This is a

How to Protect Your Plants from Three-lined Potato Beetles

It seems that every vegetable we grow in our gardens has a pest that comes with it. And the potato is no exception. I’d like

How To Protect Your Garden from Japanese Beetles

Japanese beetles have taken over Canadian gardens by storm. They come in mass numbers, damage a wide range of plants from flowers to vegetables and

9 Beneficial Insects to Attract to Your Garden

When growing a garden, the fight against pests starts with beneficial insects and animals. Rather than trying to fight nature alone, call for help! Before

How to Control Squash Vine Borers

What is the zucchini plants biggest nemesis? The squash vine borer. These insects are the biggest pest to zucchini and can take your plant from

How to Protect Your Plants from Cucumber Beetles

Cucumber beetles are the nemesis of many gardeners. These flying beetles come in masses, take over cucumber plants, and without proper management, they’ll stop you