Garden Pests in New Hampshire

Holes in basil leaves are almost always chewing pests like slugs or Japanese beetles, not disease — here is how to identify the culprit and fix it.

Sticky indoor plant leaves usually mean honeydew from sap-sucking insects like aphids or scale, not a plant disease — here's how to find and fix it.

Gardenia damage is usually sap-sucking pests like whiteflies or scale, signaled by sticky leaves and black sooty mold — here's how to confirm it.

Sticky, shiny leaves usually mean honeydew from aphids, scale, or whiteflies — a pest signature, not disease or a natural leaf coating. Here's the tell.

Dry, loose leaves barely smell, but wet, packed piles can reek like sewage. Here's the science of anaerobic decay and how to fix a smelly leaf pile fast.