Weeds and flowers grow in wild patches of ... Qual says he was inspired by everyday people who build “insect hotels” in their backyards and balconies that are hospitable to ants, beetles ...

Instead of mulching with wood chips, consider compost, which has a similar aesthetic, weed suppression and ... but plenty of bee and insect hotels appear in gardens. Done right, these off-the ...

To give a sense of the scope of his department’s work, he explained what it took to control just one of the 130 weeds on Oregon’s list of noxious plants. Don Farrar uses a bug catcher to catch ...

First, we decided that it would be best to build the bug hotel in a crate of some sort ... rotted chunks of wood, pine cones, weeds and green and dried grass. I suggested we use plastic seedling ...

Are you bugged by bugs, but do you want to avoid poison in your garden that could harm your pets or kids? Do you want to stop pests from entering your home and weeds from competing with your ...