Q: I have an ongoing issue with common chickweed in my backyard – and this year it's spread from my flower beds to the vegetable patch nearby. What can I do to get rid of it for good? A: Chickweed ...

Chickweed is a fast-spreading annual weed with tiny white flowers that can produce thousands of seeds. Keeping your lawn healthy and dense is the best natural defense against chickweed. Along with ...

Winter might seem like a season for dormancy, when frost and cold keep most plants asleep. But for the bravest, most ...

There are many signs of spring. Robins begin to sing, flowers return to garden centers, and for those of us with pollen allergies we feel it in the air too. For lawn lovers spring is officially here ...

Most gardeners are so absorbed in planting at the start of the season that they ignore early weeding. Weeds are just not on the list. They should be if you want to save yourself a lot of work later on ...

In addition to being able to identify weeds, you can take steps to help prevent them from growing in order to keep a healthy garden this summer. Check out this handy list and helpful information.

Q: What’s the best way to mow my lawn so I can get rid of the wild onions? A: Oh, dear, there are so many things I want to say when I get this question. First of all, I really wish there was a magic ...

Most years, Spring signals the start of a colorful garden and a host of blooming flowers. Yet, at this point in the season minimal care is needed for spring-flowering bulbs, Kansas State University ...

While flowers might not be in bloom, there's still plenty of garden work to be done in late autumn. This is especially true if you want your yard to look its best when warm weather returns—ideally ...

Journal of the New York Entomological Society, Vol. 87, No. 3 (Sep., 1979), pp. 223-235 (13 pages) 156 species of phytophagous and pollinating insects and 3 phytophagous mites are associated with the ...

This week all the mystery plants were annual winter weeds. The mild, cool weather we had in the fall and early winter gave a quick startup to this annual problem. Weeds are rampant, and the recent ...