During the summer, I love to sit out on the patio and watch butterflies in my garden. All day long, especially on these hot summer days, they bring color and movement to my garden from the smallest ...

Fuggedaboudit. Not all varmints have four legs. My current objectionable and undesirable varmint has six legs. And wings. I have an infestation of Japanese beetles. This unhappy gardener is on a ...

West Texas is my second home. Growing up in the Midwest, I spent a great deal of time exploring the woods around our home. Recently I had a chance to revisit these forests during a family reunion.

When I joined the University of California Master Gardeners of Napa County in 2016, I had planned to check out the MG committees and decide which one was best suited to my nascent talents. Jill Pahl ...

Given the right conditions, some seemingly mild-mannered plants can become garden thugs, invading entire yards and even moving on to the rest of the neighborhood. We may all have heard stories about ...

I had hoped this week to give you a cheery report on the progress my wife and I have been making on our first vegetable garden. In light of recent events, however, I can only offer a brief battle ...

Given the right conditions, some seemingly mild-mannered plants can become garden thugs, invading entire yards and even moving on to the rest of the neighborhood. We may all have heard stories about ...