As if weeds and weird weather weren't bad enough, gardeners also have to face insect pests. Here's how to deal with them. Do you garden? I do, and every year, I watch my tomatoes and lettuce get ...

With all the rainfall, trees and shrubs have had substantial growth. But this lush growth is also appealing to wildlife in ...

English ivy may give you that quintessential whimsical look, but is it worth it? As it turns out, it can be harmful to your ...

‘Barn owls like tussocky, rough grassland which supports good numbers of voles for hunting, whether in field margins or parts of fields. Ideally nest boxes are installed inside barns, but they can ...

Voles are rodents, which look like field mice with short tails ... For example, place a piece of hardware cloth in the bottom of raised beds to prevent tunneling, says Pierce. Try repellents. There ...

This is a time of abundance for Mother Earth’s creatures, with food sources available everywhere. Flowers provide nectar and pollen, and plants offer foliage, stems, and roots. Caterpillars, grubs, ...

For burrowing pests, products like I Must Garden Mole & Vole Repellent offer solid results, says Bowden. These repellents typically come in granule form and are effective in fall and spring when ...

Joellen Dimond talks about planting in groupings, and Mr. D. discusses ways to control voles. This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, University of Memphis Director of Landscape ...

Rodents like mice, rats, voles, and squirrels can cause damage to gardens by chewing on plants, eating seeds, burrowing in soil, and contaminating crops - but there is a simple way to keep them at bay ...

A policy to control invasive minks in Leicestershire and Rutland in a bid to protect water vole populations has been approved. On Friday, Leicestershire County Council's cabinet passed the plan to ...

Some repellents are manufactured and sold, but CSU said little data is available about their effectiveness. If the nuisance becomes too much, there is a more permanent solution.

In an effort to control the vole population, the county decided to take a natural approach by installing raptor perches, which provide a way for birds of prey to help keep the balance. "They can ...