Dear Helen: I have been gardening for many years, but over the past five growing seasons my leafy vegetables, such as chard, spinach and beet leaves, have been damaged by leaf miners. I try to remove ...

I have been a proponent of floating row cover for years. When placed on hoops over a vegetable crop, this lightweight fabric allows sunlight and moisture to pass through it and acts as a physical ...

Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Q. After growing bulbing ...

Insects and vegetable gardening go hand in hand. An effective control method for some types of vegetable insects is floating row covers. Floating row covers are lightweight fine-meshed fabrics that ...

During the garden season, I often use different types of covers over some of my vegetable plants. Since I’m frequently asked about this, I thought it would be helpful to explain when and why I use row ...

Insects and vegetable gardening go hand in hand. Not all insects are pests though. Many are important pollinators. Others are beneficials that feed on damaging pests. An effective control method for ...

Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Q. In the past few years, ...

Grasshoppers would have demolished these pretty greens if they could have gotten to them. But with tulle, they're standing strong in September. Robins and many other birds love black raspberries, but ...

This bed of super-sweet ‘Napoli’ carrots is ready for old man winter. The soil was topped with a foot of shredded leaves and then covered with a row cover, which was secured by rocks and fabric ...