One day farmers might exchange pesticides for an industrial grade polymer that looks and acts like cotton candy as a major weapon against onion maggots, cabbage maggots, corn earworms and other ...

Potato Research Centre scientist Josée Owen is looking for volunteers in the organic community to collect flies and pupae in vegetable brassica crops this year as part of a national survey that is ...

Gardening is a spiritual experience where many people find peace and comfort in the turning of the soil and growing of plants. Or, it is until you find something truly horrid hiding under the dirt, ...

As I'm writing this, I'm warming my fingers on a hot mug of tea while watching thick snow flurries swirl out of the sky. It's a normal winter day, but we gardeners know that below the frost, the soil ...

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FAIRBANKS — Root maggots are one of the most dreaded insect pests in our Alaska gardens. They are common pests of most crucifer crops, which include radishes, turnips, cabbage, kale and others. You ...