A common lawn pest in Houston, the chinch bug is beginning to emerge from a season of breeding and the small black and white insect is already causing severe damage to grass roots in the area. It's a ...

The lawn-care industry’s humorous cliche, “Give a chinch an inch and it will take your lawn,” attests to the chinch bug’s voracious appetite. This pipsqueak of a turf pest sucks the life from growing ...

Finally, we’ve had a few days of sunshine and the soil has dried enough to permit some planting. Remember, when planting in warm weather to do so late in the day (or early and shade plants from midday ...

The need for lawn maintenance hits a peak in summer. Besides the constant mowing, watering is needed in dry spells and pests like insects, diseases and weeds may need to be dealt with. Mid- to ...

Today on your lawn and garden we’re talking about chinch bugs. First of all, what is a chinch bug and how do we find them, how do we know they’re in our yard.Well it’s a little insect, a little brown ...

Heat, disease, and simple lack of water aren’t the only reasons a lawn might brown in summer. Often overlooked is the damage caused by a pair of small grass-eating bugs that are active in summer – sod ...

Could tiny wasps solve the stink bug problem? Did you catch the good news, announced earlier this week on WTOP, that stink bug numbers are predicted to decline in our region thanks to our native ...

Finally... a decent hydrangea bloom year again! After three years in which uncooperative winter and early-spring weather damaged a lot of hydrangea buds that would've ...

Many of us pride ourselves on maintaining a lush, full lawn. And many may shudder at the mention of chinch bugs. The southern chinch bug can be a rapidly progressing, problematic pest throughout our ...