Use your old potting soil in the garden to help plants establish and to replenish your beds.

The battle for a thriving garden begins the moment the first leaf pushes through the soil. Lush beds and tidy rows may look peaceful, but a quiet army of insects and critters waits for tender stems, ...

Thrips are tiny (around 1/20 inch long) slender insects that cause mostly cosmetic damage to leaves, fruit, and flowers.

Like true aphids, woolly aphids suck sap from plants and can stunt their growth. Here's how to get rid of them from your flower beds for good.