As a former realtor, general contractor and greenhouse operator, Kristi has touched nearly all aspects of homeownership, from the foundation up. Today, Kristi is a full-time investing and real estate ...

A reader of our column from Ashland dropped me an email about these huge green worms in her garden a number of years ago and wondered what she could do about them. She pulled five off her plants and ...

Have you seen big green worms on your tomato plants? These are likely hornworms – either tobacco hornworms or tomato hornworms. Believe it or not, tobacco hornworms are what you find most often on ...

Q:I grow tomatoes every year and find those big green worms on them. Some have white lumps on their backs. I've heard they are some kind of eggs. Is that true? If so, are they harmful? Answer: The ...

Q. Yesterday afternoon I thought my tomato plants looked a little strange, then this morning I noticed that almost every leaf on some of the plants were gone. I saw a few big, fat, green worms with ...

Nicole Hynson receives funding from The National Science Foundation and the WM Keck Foundation. You probably learned this basic lesson of biology in elementary school: Plants are self-feeders. These ...