Agriculture & Gardens

Read the label before you buy! <br /> <br /> Make certain a pesticide you are considering buying is labeled for your intended purpose. That means th...

In June of 2012 and 2013, Alan Eaton, Ross MacKeil, Elizabeth Puris, Daimon Meeh, Steven Turaj and Carl Majewski made a preliminary survey of New Hamp...

Make sure that all of your hens are earning their keep.<br /> <br /> This video will give you tips to identifying which chickens are in good laying ...

Pears will grow well in all but the coldest areas of New Hampshire. Popular varieties such as Bartlett and Bosc are reasonably winter hardy where temp...

In late spring and early summer, there are several species of adult beetles in the home landscapes of New Hampshire, attacking prized ornamental trees...

The Colorado Potato Beetle (CPB) preferred the potato to its host weed and has spread to become a serious pest throughout the US and Eastern Canada. T...

Once thought of as the most destructive insect pest on apples, this European native now exists wherever apples are grown in the U.S. Since the introdu...

Among the several species of plant bugs that invade New Hampshire fruit, vegetable, and ornamental crops, the one that does the most damage is the tar...

Aphids (plant lice) are the most common pest in New Hampshire greenhouses. Varying in size, color, and numbers, New Hampshire growers are constantly f...

The redbanded leafroller (Argyrotaenia velutinana) became an important apple pest after the introduction of DDT to control codling moths in the late 1...