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Bugs, beets and other replacements for artificial food dyes
As food companies face pressure to eliminate artificial dyes, experts weigh in on the natural alternatives that could replace ...
Homewood cuts out No Mow May, encourages other options to help environment
Homewood Mayor Rich Hofeld was unaware the village opted out of No Mow May, and has plants that attract polinating insects.
Why there are so many greenflies and what you can do about them
Aphids, also referred to as greenflies or blackflies, are infamous for their rapid breeding and can quickly debilitate plants ...
When weeds team up: Biocontrols to curb invasive plants might be helping them instead
A new article by UNSW Sydney researchers published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution suggests that introducing herbivorous ...
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Don’t be bugged by bugs, they show us if a garden is healthy
In today's Budding Wisdom, Heidi Skinner writes about the two kinds of bugs: "the ones we love and the ones we loathe" and ...
‘Not to touch’: Professor says watch out for these caterpillars when gardening
“We reared them in the lab, and the students all thought they were the cutest things in the world,” LoPresti says. “Had to be sternly told not to touch them because of how much they sting, because ...