There’s something about a black, warty lump on a tree branch that most people walk right past. It looks ugly, maybe a little ...

Getting back into the garden, checking out plants just waking up, inspecting branches then finding shiny little globs on a twig. Scale insects are a sneaky, little-detected, piercing, sucking pest ...

Growing your own fruit trees is a rewarding and surprisingly easy experience. One downside? The delicious, fragrant fruits they produce can be a haven for hungry pests. Luckily, several varieties are ...

It's time to start working on managing pests in your fruit and landscape trees this year. Springtime is starting, even if it is delayed a bit from the normal timing. Given the huge differences in ...