A woman planting herbs in a garden - O2o Creative/Getty Images Beloved by felines and surprisingly useful to humans, catnip (Nepeta cataria) is a fast-growing herb that is easy to propagate from ...

If you want a rich harvest of cucumbers this year, there's an herb you'll want to plant. Catnip (Nepeta cataria) does more than thrill felines; it also encourages better growth in cucumbers.

Some of the 110,000 species of biting and non-biting flies are more than just bothersome insects like fruit flies, which are attacked by common issues. Some are pollinators, others feed on garden ...