Picking them off and drowning works. Another garden pest is the Colorado potato beetle. This striped beetle can decimate the leaves of potatoes if you don’t control them early — even killing the plant ...

Marigolds are the ultimate best friend for your vegetable and flower gardens. Ravinder Kumar / Getty Images The colorful ...

3. Colorado Potato Beetles (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) Photo: istockphoto.com Don’t be fooled by the name: The Colorado potato beetle is a major pest throughout North America, not just in the Rockies, ...

To start, potatoes are susceptible to specific pests and diseases, such as the Colorado potato beetle, which can defoliate potato plants if left unchecked, and late blight, which is a fungal disease ...

As always, it is a timing game with Mother Nature. Get things in as early as possible but late enough to avoid the last frost ...