Many of our readers have reported that the most effective methods of organic squash vine borer control are crop rotation and growing resistant varieties, which includes butternut squash and a few ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Emerald ash borer larva cut these feeding galleries on the trunk of a dead ash tree in Michigan. corfoto via Getty Images The ...

Q: Because of the wind the other night, the tops of two Italian cypress trees broke off about 11 feet from the ground. We have 18 of these trees by the back fence. We planted them in 2005 and have ...

Clive Drew was planning on buying 1,600 coffee trees to grow in Omaopio this year when he found out the coffee berry borer had made its way to Maui. “The number one thing is, do I really want to do it ...

After seeing my article last week on the efficacy of systemic insecticides for bark beetles and borers in pines, a reader, Ken, wondered whether a product he was using against bronze birch borers was ...

An invasive insect has laid waste to an estimated 100 million ash trees across the U.S. Now Oregon foresters are taking pre-emptive steps to limit the bug’s impact. The emerald ash borer is a metallic ...

I’m concerned with my purple leaf plum tree. Originally, I was only concerned with the dark crusty limbs, and then I noticed some stuff like dark coffee grounds at the trunk. How bad is this? And how ...

One of the more common questions people ask this office is what is attacking their squash and other members of the curbit family. The answer is the usually the squash vine borer. Attack by squash vine ...

I got an email from a reader of our column who asked why their iris was rotting fast at the root. This question caused me to think about a friend of mine who passed away a few years ago. Unfortunately ...

NORTH ADAMS — “It’s awful, just terrible,” said Thomas Moore, owner of a Williamstown tree service, The Tree Guy. “We’re losing trees like crazy. It’s like a perfect storm.” That’s word from the front ...

The emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) is a deceptively attractive metallic-green adult beetle with a red abdomen. But few people ever actually see the insect itself — just the trail of ...