Plant herbs and flowers like dill, thyme, nasturtiums, and marigolds near your cabbage. "Bug-repelling plants can deter ...

Earthworms have a reputation for being helpful in the garden, and they usually are, but there are unexpected problems ...

There are remedies that can rid veggies of common insects if applied at the first signs of activity, Don Kinzler writes.

Unlike typical garden worms, these worms thrive in warm temperatures, live in decaying organic matter (rather than soil), and feed on the surface – a perfect combination for home composting.

Good bugs pollinate our food crops, enrich and fertilize the soil, eat our garbage and provide food for wildlife.

These worms burrow underground during the day and emerge above ground at night to deposit their castings. Nightcrawlers are vertical burrowers capable of digging down as deep as 8 feet in moist soil.

HOUSTON — Earthworms, as we know, are garden champions, cleaning the soil by eating their weight in organic matter every day and aerating it as they wriggle around, creating tunnels to ease root ...

Scientists say the jumping worm has been in North America since the 19th century but has only recently been flagged as a problem. Unlike garden-variety earthworms, these flipping, thrashing, ...

Jumping worms are harmful to our garden and the environment. They originated in Asia. They can be spread by the sharing of plants with eggs in the soil by home gardeners and commercial nurseries.