Pest Patrol

What to do When Pill Bugs Eat Your Plants

Called pill bugs or roly-poly bugs, these tiny armored terrestrial crustaceans are typically innocuous in the garden as long as they can consume plenty of decaying matter. The problem arises when they don't have dead leaves to feed upon and turn their attention to live-in plants. Let's learn how to find and remove pill bugs ...

Keep Your Eye on Fall Pests

Fall is one of my favorite times in the garden because there are so few pests. The wasps and yellow jackets are no longer invading the raspberries and there is not an aphid to be found. But we still do need to keep our eyes open for fall pests because some take advantage of these ...