A vegetable garden can attract a host of insects that you wouldn’t want in your home, and it can be difficult to weed out the helpful pests from the downright destructive. A vegetable garden can ...

Have you ever a noticed an anthill in your garden and started to panic? Don't worry. Red ants might not be the garden pests we believe them to be. If you see them swarming around an unhealthy plant, ...

The red imported fire ant is an introduced species from South America that has established itself through most of North Carolina and Rowan County. Fire ants like to nest in open sunny areas, ...

The ants that invaded our house were different from any ants I had ever seen — they were so tiny that they could get into ...

To control fire ants in a vegetable garden, pour boiling water on the mound. (NOLA.com|The Times-Picyaune archive) QUESTION: I have a problem with fire ant mounds in my vegetable garden. How would you ...

The ant mounds on the heath, in the forest and in your garden are oases for life. The heat and nutrients from ant mounds make them the perfect home for unique plant and animal species, according to ...

I have been trying to attract hummingbirds to my yard with some success. I now see one or two hummers coming to my feeders almost every day. I make my own hummingbird food using a mixture of sugar and ...

"The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns," poet Kahlil Gibran once wrote. But what if the rose is growing amidst... ants? Yuck! While roses are one of the most popular additions to home ...

Ants often find their way to hummingbird feeders, especially when nectar leaks or drips. Small adjustments can reduce pest ...

A question for Dan Gill: A couple of fire ant hills have turned up just inside the edges of my vegetable garden. Do they hurt vegetables? I'd like to avoid fire ant bites while working in the garden.