Animals like squirrels, chipmunks, and deer often thwart gardeners' efforts by digging up or eating flowering bulbs. To deter digging pests, gardeners can use chicken wire, plant more bulbs than ...

Chances are your neighborhood squirrels are to blame. "Tree squirrels have the instinct to bury and cache food for later use," says Robert Pierce, PhD, associate professor and state extension ...

We are officially into the summer season. As we enter this season, everything in your yard should be looking good right now. We have had somewhat excessive but very timely rainfall throughout the ...

Did you know that your precious flowering bulbs are in high demand from squirrels—but not for the beauty of their spring blooms? Spring-flowering bulbs like tulips, lilies and crocus planted in the ...

This week's gardening column tackles "heeling in" plants for the winter, when to prune rosebushes and how to keep squirrels from eating tulip bulbs.

If your plan is to plant daffodil bulbs in October for beautiful blooms in spring, you might want to consider how to mitigate potential disruptions. There are a number of reasons why fall-planted ...

Gaping flesh wounds, guts festooned across a stoop. These common Spooky Season sights represent an epic battle between squirrels and pumpkin-havers over the fate of the festive gourd. Each October, ...

Years ago when our son was just a tot, my wife organized an Easter egg hunt for the neighborhood kids. She dutifully filled a bunch of those brightly colored plastic eggs, each with a coin or two or a ...