Take back your yard from weeds, plant pests, and backyard wildlife.
Mint shrugs off shade, drought and neglect, so finding it chewed, with the shoot tips tied up in fine silk, feels personal. It’s usually one of two things: mint moth caterpillars in those webbed tips, or green loopers chewing holes from the underside of older leaves. Both come off by hand, and mint answers a…

Skunks under your deck or in your yard? Here’s how to repel them, seal them out, and safely evict the ones already settled in.

Chipmunks are small, fast, and relentless. They’ll tunnel under your foundation, hollow out your bulbs, and eat your birdseed before the birds do. Most people reach for traps first and miss the point: if you haven’t removed what’s attracting them, every catch just opens a vacancy. Start with habitat, then trap if you need to.…

Moles can turn a decent lawn into something that looks like it was attacked from underground – which is basically what happened. One mole can dig 100 ft (30 m) of tunnel per day and produce the kind of spongy, heaved-up, ridge-riddled mess that makes you want to scream into the lawn itself. The good…