Parasitic wasps are especially beneficial insects because they live on garden pests like cabbage loopers and tomato hornworms, helping to protect crops from damage. Plus, parasitic wasps don’t ...

Beneficial insects help keep other insect populations down. Many thrive under the same habitat conditions as pollinators. Some can become pests at certain times of the year. But providing food and ...

Some insect pests are serious problems every year, while others rarely appear in the garden. There are also many insects which are beneficial and, in several instances, essential to vegetable ...

attract beneficial insects, and even improve the flavor of your vegetables. By strategically incorporating flowers into your ...

Providing season-long food sources will encourage many beneficial insects to be in your garden. They especially love white ... and other biological control agents for aphids in vegetable crops.

Do tomatoes love basil but hate brussels sprouts? Traditional companion planting, which involves planting different types of plants together or in close proximity, makes many such statements, often ...

Go chemical-free in your garden to help wildlife ... By planting 'companion' plants among other plants it can help them to grow by either attracting beneficial insects, repelling pests, or by acting ...

By combining plants carefully, plants can help each other in terms of providing nutrients in the soil, offering protection from wind or sun and also, by attracting beneficial pests or acting as a ...