If you’ve ever headed out into the garden in the morning to discover your zucchini plants have collapsed overnight, it’s likely the work of squash vine borers. These destructive pests can lay waste to ...

Like many trees, ash trees undergo leaf shedding each fall and winter. Unlike other trees, ash trees are specifically targeted by a pest: the emerald ash borer. These creatures are emerald ash borers, ...

Growing summer squash like zucchini and yellow crookneck is a hallmark of western Pennsylvania gardens. Many of us have been either the benefactor or recipient of a grocery bag of extra zucchini, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Squash vine borer damage on a vine - Michael LaMonica/Shutterstock Gardening can be an extremely rewarding experience for many. It ...

Two major problems occurred to landscape plants and fruit trees these past few weeks during the summer. First was the heat. They were stressed. High temperatures seemed to linger longer than normal.

On Monday, Mark Brand, the Forestry Manager with Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy, was using a saw to girdle a tree in Delaware Park. It’s a process that could save thousands of ash trees in Delaware ...

For years, experts have warned that emerald ash borers would someday lay waste to the Rochester region's vast plantation of ash trees. That day may not be far off. Officials say all property owners in ...

Q. The stems of my pussy willow trees have a borer in them. What would I spray them with and when? Would it be better if I cut them to the ground and started over? I have about a dozen trees. Jan ...

On an early summer day in 2016, entomologist Jian Duan arrived at a nondescript office building in north Houston to deliver some bad news—and some good. Texas forestry officials had notified Duan a ...