Do mosquito-repellent plants really work? Buzzing past your ear as you lounge on the patio, leaving welts on your kids’ ...

Against ticks and mosquitoes that threaten to ruin our lives in spring, there is a plant with proven repellent effects.

Discover natural mosquito repellents using common household items like lemons, soybean oil, and catnip that protect your ...

It’s true that the biting bugs don’t like marigolds, catnip, or chrysanthemums. But you’ll need to use more than plants to ...

Marigolds are beautiful flowers that not only liven up gardens but also repel nematodes, aphids, and mosquitoes with their signature smell. By planting marigolds around vegetable patches or flower ...

It is officially mosquito season, what with the endless short rains and sprouting grass. Mosquitoes love that. Mosquito nets alone are not enough to keep these bugs away because they will bite you ...

The rains are synonymous with mosquitoes and mosquito nets and insecticide might not be doing the job for you. How do you get rid of these pests naturally? Well, if you have a green thumb (or if ...

Cleary explained: “Pests are an unavoidable part of gardening, but there are plenty of ways to protect your plants, and your ...

The research shows that mosquitoes prefer to feed on sugar from certain plant species and an abundance of these plants in a disease-prone area could lead to higher mosquito populations and higher ...