The warmer weather means a lot more time spent outdoors, but it also means the return of pests like ticks and mosquitos.

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In this particular exhibition at the Staten Island Museum, even the pink of the walls comes from bugs — in the form of lac, a coloring produced by scale insects (it’s the same natural dye used as ...

Mark Ruibal of Ruibal's and Dione Lineberry of Blue Ribbon Lady Landscaping share their tips for attracting pollinators to ...

Do mosquito-repellent plants really work? B uzzing past your ear as you lounge on the patio, leaving welts on your kids’ ...

Before planting clear the area of all grass and weeds. Add 4 to 5 shovelfuls of organic matter like peat moss or manure to ...

Several fruit and vegetable scraps, including orange peels, can be added to your soil as compost. Orange peels enrich the ...

Tick populations continue to climb in Ontario, as do rates of Lyme disease, which is transmitted through black-legged ticks.

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