Roman Gonzalez is the creator of the urban gardening blog MrBrownThumb, founder of the Chicago Seed Library, and a co-founder of One Seed Chicago. Did you wake up one day to find the top portion of ...

Q: We’ve had this guy around for the last few days. What is he? A luna moth perhaps? What should we look for in coming days? A: It’s a hornworm, Manduca rustica (aka rustic sphinx moth), to be precise ...

Creatures that glow in the dark might be scary in the movies, but when you come upon them in real life, they're a treat. Think of fireflies winking at the edge of the lawn on a summer night, or the ...

Q:I finally found those huge and nasty horned tomato worms in my garden that I've heard about all these years. This is my fifth year with a veggie garden in Oakland and I'm stumped as to why I have ...