Insect and Rodent Pests

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How to maintain your vegetable garden

NORMAN — Summer is finally here. Everyone is busy weeding, fertilizing and mowing. This time of year can be tricky for growing a home vegetable garden. Hopefully, all of your tomatoes and peppers have been in the ground at least a month or two.

5 garden pests: How to thwart them

They might not hang out on the corner of your yard, gambling, drinking and catcalling as you go by, but when it comes to disrupting the serenity of the garden, these bugs are thugs.

A Gardener's Diary: Crop rotation helps reduce pests

Rotating your crops is a great way to ensure a reduction in pests and can be used in any size garden for most annual vegetable crops.

Our Garden: Creating the perfect irrigation system for your vegetable garden

Creating a drip irrigation system for a vegetable garden -- one that delivers water to the soil around plants' roots through narrow tubing, instead of spraying it onto leaves -- can be a sophisticated plan that involves running water lines and shut-off valves underground.

Floating row covers can control pests, protect helpful insects

Insects and vegetable gardening go hand in hand. Not all insects are pests though. Many are important pollinators.