It’s widely known that weeds are unsightly, troublesome plants. In lawns they disrupt the lush, green, carpet effect we work to achieve. Even worse are the weeds that invade vegetable gardens where ...

When we survey vegetable gardeners, we find that weeds are their number one pest challenge. Weeds deprive developing vegetables of water and nutrients, as well as sunlight, and can quickly turn your ...

It can be useful to evaluate how your vegetable gardening efforts fared this past season and make notes for next year.

The gardener's biggest problem is usually not bugs, plant diseases or weather. It's weeds. And the best time to deal with weeds is early, while they're still small. It's important not to give them ...

How does your vegetable garden grow? Mine is just getting started. I am picking asparagus every day (and trying to pull the weeds at the same time) and watching the lettuce and other greens that I ...

Weeds compete with your plants for water, light and nutrients and can reduce yields. They are also hosts for many insects and diseases that can attack your garden plants. The common way to control ...

As a relatively new vegetable gardener, I have been battling aggressive weeds in my garden since I started it three years ago. At the beginning of this season, I had hope that measures I’d taken ...

Vegetable gardening can offer very satisfying results. However, there are frustrations along the way caused by the ever-present challenges of insects and weeds. I decided to highlight these issues and ...

The universal spray: It’s a fungicide! An insecticide! A floor wax! Rick, who works in Laurel and lives all the way up in Westminster, writes: “I have a small raised-bed garden that contains tomatoes, ...

Kat in Leesburg writes: “I failed to keep up with weeding a section of my vegetable garden. Crab grass and other weeds got 2 to 3 feet high and then went to seed. I ripped them out as best I could, ...

Q: I have been taking care of my mother who had a stroke in June and have had to neglect my vegetable garden this year. It is now overgrown. What is the best way to get a handle on the future of my ...

With July Fourth approaching many Delawareans are anxiously awaiting the first homegrown tomato from the vegetable garden. You probably have most of your summer crops planted, so now is the time to ...