By Juliette Olshock

Pittsburgh averages 39 inches of precipitation in a year, including both rainfall and snow, which is almost identical to the national average. We are generally considered to be blessed with water, but can still suffer from periods...

By Juliette Olshock

Beneficial Insects are those which contribute valuable services to our gardens, such as pollination and pest control. Pest control is performed by predators or parasitoids. Predators are insects that find and eat prey insects and...

By Juliette Olshock

Follow these nine rules to make your garden the most popular place for pollinators to gather and grow.

By Juliette Olshock

Named after the humming their wings make while moving up to 80 beats per second, hummingbirds are a welcome sight to Pennsylvania gardeners. Of the 330 species of hummingbirds that live across the Americas, from as far north as...

By Juliette Olshock

May 22, 2021 is International Day for Biological Diversity, or Biodiversity Day. The slogan for this year is “We’re part of the solution,” so we will be sharing ideas to help you increase the biodiversity of your...

By Juliette Olshock

Spring is the time of year when many of us get outside and become more active. It is also the time when many migrating birds make their way home. Trees and shrubs can be very important to these migrating birds as they move back...