Penn State Extension in Lancaster County has reopened its Garden Hotline for office visits and sample drop-offs. During the COVID-19 office closure, master gardeners worked from home, answering garden ...

Wireworms may not be one of the leading corn pests, but where they are present, they can cause significant stand losses. Wireworms are the larvae of click beetles and live in soils across North ...

Most people have done it. You see something small and wiggly on a plant, your brain says “bug = bad,” and your hand is ...

Earthworms are important allies in creating a soil ecosystem that is conducive to growing flowers, vegetables, turf, shrubs, trees or any type of plant. Deep-dwelling earthworms such as common night ...

Gardeners worried about the safety of synthetic pest-control products sometimes turn to botanically derived compounds instead. But many of those also contain toxic ingredients such as nicotine, ...

Insects can use plants as "green phones" for communication with other bugs. A new study now shows that through those same plants insects are also able to leave "voicemail" messages in the soil.