When I was learning to garden (admittedly, a long time ago) any insect that we found in our garden was viewed as a threat. We might give a pass to bees, although we worried about their potential to ...

Horticulturist Walliser (Gardener’s Guide to Compact Plants) takes a well-supported and helpful look at the practice of plant partnering, or placing certain plants in proximity with others to benefit ...

All about beneficials: who they are, how they work, and what they eat -- Beneficial bug profiles: meet the predators and the parasitoids -- Gardening for bugs: where plants and insects intersect -- ...

For many years, Penn State Master Gardeners were cautioned about giving advice about “companion planting,” since most of the information on this topic was based on traditional garden folklore or ...

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