Category Archives: Pests and Disease

Articles about controlling pests and diseases in the garden

Squash Vine Borer

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Editor

by Ginny Burkhart, University of Illinois Master Gardener Intern, 2011 Zucchini is my children’s favorite vegetable, and if it grows in abundance in my summer garden, they will eat it every day!  This season, I harvested only a few zucchini … Continue reading →

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13-Year Cicadas are Here!

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Editor

On May 18th, my son Chris sent me a photo by phone of a bunch of pencil- or finger-sized holes that had appeared overnight in the soil in his Crestwood backyard. “What’s going on?” he asked in a mild panic. … Continue reading →

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What’s Wrong with My Sycamore?

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Editor

By Robert Weaver If the lawn beneath your sycamore tree looks like this this spring, you might be understandably concerned about the sycamore tree towering above it. Leaves shriveling and dropping by the basketful can certainly be disturbing, but in … Continue reading →

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Assessing Winter Injury to Plants

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Editor

By Steven Cline, Ph.D. (This article was first published in the March 2007 issue of The Gateway Gardener.) Regardless of the theory explaining our mild winters, the trend is pretty clear – it’s warming up on average.  The data are … Continue reading →

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