Parasitic wasps are especially beneficial insects because they live on garden pests like cabbage loopers and tomato hornworms ...

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 ...

However, ensuring a flourishing garden can be challenging, especially when it comes to pest management. While many gardeners resort to chemical treatments to fend off unwanted bugs, there’s a more ...

Some beneficial insects also feed on the sugary nectar and pollen from flowers. It is, therefore, important to have flowers in a vegetable garden to feed these insects if the pest population is low.

Many beneficial insects will feed on nectar and pollen; this is especially important if the adults aren’t predators. Plants with small flowers such as sweet alyssum, dill, fennel, garlic chives, ...

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

In the Master Gardener Vegetable and Fruit Demonstration Garden (VFDG) at the New Castle County Cooperative Extension Office, sweet alyssum has been planted within vegetable beds for several years to ...

African-inspired vegetable patchwork gardening is a sustainable and highly productive way to grow various vegetables in small ...

Why start vegetable seeds indoors before spring? While I love the seasons in New England, our winters make it hard for ...