DEAR STEPHEN: Consider yourself a lucky gardener. These growths are actually egg sacks of the praying mantis, a beneficial insect for your garden. Two praying mantis egg sacks. The one on top is from ...

Q: We have had a praying mantis in our yard for at least three weeks that we know about. It had been in our raspberries for a couple of weeks, but we lost track of it. Yesterday, I was about to cut ...

ROANOKE, Va. – It’s not the holiday surprise you want to find: Praying mantis egg sacs could be lurking in your real Christmas tree or wreath. Sweet Providence tree lot worker Robby Lisenby said he is ...

DEAR GARDEN COACH: I found these growths on my crepe myrtle bush when I was pruning. Can you identify them for me? Are they harming my plant? Stephen M., Brentwood DEAR STEPHEN: Consider yourself a ...