Your concerns about butterflies are valid. Any insecticide used against ants and chinch bugs will hit other non-target insects, too. Since lawns are outdoors, we have to expect they’ll have a variety ...

Rather than getting an early start on lawn care at the first hint of spring, experts say consider waiting until the weather gets consistently warmer before cleaning up leaves and cutting back last ...

As spring rolls around, we need to put more effort into our gardens. Controlling weeds and bugs now is a great way to protect ...

A beautiful lawn can be both appealing and environmentally friendly, but it can take a lot of work and be a tricky project, ...

If you are maintaining turf on a golf course, it has to be almost perfect. However, most folks aren’t held to such high ...

Replacing a mass planting of boxwoods gives you the opportunity to diversify your landscape and try native or underused ...

Spring began Thursday and the temperatures have been warmer, for the most part. If you look around your landscape, you will ...

Goetze: Two widespread plants in our area are sometimes considered weeds, but regardless, they are attractive additions to the flora.

If these aggressive and invasive plants aren’t contained, they can end up harming the environment, animals, insects, and ...

From the innocent daddy longlegs to the harmful brown recluse, here are the most common house spiders, how to identify them, ...

The Idaho State Department of Agriculture plans to treat for Japanese beetles in selected neighborhoods in Caldwell and ...