There are several crops that can prevent flea beetles from taking up residence in your garden, including catnip, basil, thyme ...

Here’s how to get rid of these voracious garden pests.Flea beetles are tiny pests that feed on a variety of garden plants.

Among those are flea beetles, a group of diminutive bugs that are a subfamily of leaf beetles. Despite their tiny size, flea beetles can cause every bit as much damage as they munch away as their ...

Flea beetles fall into the latter category. When I was doing the research for my new book “The Vegetable Garden Pest Handbook,” I knew flea beetles are a huge problem in many parts of the country.

Flea beetles are one of the earliest insect pests we see in the garden. We found them here a few days before the Memorial Day weekend munching away on radish leaves.

Flea beetles can overwinter here in our area but are usually knocked down in numbers by the cold weather. In southern Ohio, they are more of a problem due to generally warmer temperatures.

It’s true that gardening can be a therapeutic pasttime, but there are times when I know some of us find it downright frustrating.